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Why Product Stewardship?
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE
Zack Hansen, Ramsey CountyLeslie Wilson, Carver County
December 15, 2010
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Overview
• Introduction - Why Product Stewardship?
• How Waste Has Changed
• The Impacts of Products and Packaging
• The Product Stewardship Approach
• SWMCB Roles and Activities
• The Future of Product Stewardship
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Introduction:Why Product Stewardship?
• Local government “charge” for environmental and public health protection – the arm of the State.
• Environmental impacts – GHG emissions, water, landfills, toxicity.
• Local government costs, such as recycling and HHW management .
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HOW WASTE HAS CHANGED
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How Waste Has Changed
* Grey area includes household ash
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How Waste Has Changed
Disposable By Design
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THE IMPACTS OF PRODUCTS AND PACKAGING
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* Use of Appliances and Devices
7%
Provisionof Food
12%
Non-local PassengerTransport
9%
Building HVAC and Lighting
21%
Local PassengerTransport
13%
US Greenhouse Gas EmissionsConsumption View – Global
© 2009 Product Policy InstituteSource: PPI 2009 – Joshua Stolaroff
Products & Packaging44%
Use *
Provision of Goods37%
Infra-structure
1%
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Plastic bottles thrown into the Mississippi in Minnesota…
Our Waterways - Plastics
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… flow downriver to the Gulf of Mexico and into the ocean, circulate through ocean
currents…
Our Waterways - Plastics
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…and eventually end up here.
Our Waterways - Plastics
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Our Waterways - Pharmaceuticals
• Small concentrations of pharmaceuticals have been found in:– Drinking water supplies of at least 41
million Americans.– Water at landfills, also known as
leachate, which can eventually end up in rivers.
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CO$T
• All Minnesota solid waste costs are at least $1 billion a year, which is impacted by:– Clean up costs for 112 closed landfills.– Costs to manage Household Hazardous Waste (HHW).
• Counties in the SWMCB six-county metro area paid a total of $8.6 million in 2008 to manage HHW.
– Mounting state budget deficits.
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So Why Doesn’t the Current System Work?
• Current government waste management programs unwittingly contribute to:– Manufacturer design of wasteful and
toxic products.– Consumer acceptance of disposable
products.• Convenient disposal perpetuates the
problem.
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THE PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP APPROACH
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Product Stewardship DefinedSWMCB
“Product stewardship means that all parties involved in designing, manufacturing, selling, and using a product share in the financial and physical responsibility for collecting and recycling products at the end of their useful lives.”
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Today’s LinearWaste Management System
Manufacturers Retailers Consumers
© 2009 by the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB)
Recycle & Garbage
Bins
Local Government
Funded
Landfill and Waste-to-Energy
Processes
Recycling
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Tomorrow’s “Cradle to Cradle” System
Manufacturers
RetailersConsumers
Materials are recycledinto new products
Take Back Programsmail-back, collection sites,haulers, local governments
© 2009 by the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB)
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Current Minnesota Product Stewardship Efforts
• Focus on specific products to reduce government costs and remove them from the waste stream.– Includes e-waste, paint, CFLs, carpet,
beverage containers, telephone directories, mercury auto switches, and thermostats.
• Products mostly with hazardous character.• Significant investment of time.• Some success, some failure.
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SWMCB Initiatives
E-Waste• Successful passage of legislation in 2007 after
several years.• SWMCB and MPCA evaluating legislation in
2010.
Paint• Minnesota was the site of an industry-led
statewide paint management model.• Minnesota Paint Stewardship bill passed
legislature in 2008 & 2009, later vetoed.
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Beverage Containers
• Currently recycling 35%.• Collection needs to more
than double to reach 80% goal by 2012 (unlikely).
• Many of the strategies require legislative action.
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SWMCB ROLES AND ACTIVITIES
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SWMCB Roles
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SWMCB Resolution
• On January 27, 2010 the SWMCB adopted a resolution for product stewardship.
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SWMCB Product Stewardship Resources
• Tool kit available at www.swmcb.org/toolkits• Includes
– Presentation: Why Product Stewardship – The Local Government Perspective
– 3 Fact Sheets• What is Product Stewardship?• Cost Considerations in Product Stewardship Programs?• Why a Product Stewardship Framework?
– Resolution of Support for local government
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THE FUTURE OF PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP
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Product Stewardship in the Future
•It could be:– The foundation for waste management
policy;– A means to increase efficiency (that is, less
waste) in business and government;– A way for government to reduce its waste
management costs; and– A movement towards less toxic products
(i.e. “green” chemistry or design for the environment).
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Next Steps
• SWMCB focus on advocacy - 2011 legislative package:– Establish an Extended Producer
Responsibility Framework Approach • Would create effective producer led reduction,
reuse and recycling programs, to deal with a product’s lifecycle impacts
• Less need for government intervention and less money spent by government to manage products
• SWMCB also supports specific product stewardship efforts.