Northwest Product Stewardship Council


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What is Product Stewardship?

Product Stewardship is an environmental management strategy that means whoever designs, produces, sells, or uses a product takes responsibility for minimizing the product's environmental impact throughout all stages of the products' life cycle. The greatest responsibility lies with whoever has the most ability to affect the life cycle environmental impacts of the product. The mission of the Council is to integrate product stewardship principles into the policy and economic structures of the Pacific Northwest. Learn more about the Northwest Product Stewardship Council.

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Product Stewardship Hearings in Washington State Legislature

The 60-day, 2012 WA State legislative session began Jan. 9. The Legislature’s website allows you to view and track committees and bills. Watch or download audio and video from TVW, which also has a tracking feature. The Northwest Product Stewardship Council will post regular updates related to product stewardship legislation throughout the session.

Batteries: Adopting the Washington small rechargeable battery stewardship act: Senate Environment Committee heard SB 6148 Jan. 24 at 10am (video on TVW); and House Environment Committee heard HB 2450 Jan. 20 at 1:30pm (video on TVW).
Paint: Developing a paint stewardship program: Senate Environment Committee heard SB 6145 Jan. 24 at 10am (video on TVW). See the Council’s summary of the legislation.
Carpet: Creating jobs by increasing recycling of discarded carpet: Senate Environment Committee heard SB 6341 on Jan. 11. See the Council’s summary of the legislation. Watch the 50-minute hearing on TVW.

Briefing on Product Stewardship

The WA State Legislature’s Senate Environment Committee held a briefing on product stewardship efforts on Jan. 10, 2012, 8-9:45am, with some members of the Northwest Product Stewardship Council. Watch video of the briefing on TVW.

Extended Responsibility: How EPR is Spreading

Recycling Today features Victor Bell, of Environmental Packaging International, on how Everybody has been talking about EPR, but do you understand how it would work in the United States?, from Dec. 14, 2011.

Council Releases Product Stewardship Report on Packaging

The NWPSC released the Analyzing Product Stewardship Policies for Packaging and Printed Paper in Washington State (PDF 1.9MB) report on July 22 at the Product Stewardship Strategies for Local Governments conference. Developed by the NWPSC to stimulate dialogue among stakeholders, the report provides an overview of the current recycling system in Washington State and examines ways to increase the rate of packaging and printed paper recycling. For more on the report, visit the NWPSC Packaging and Beverage Containers Activities page.