EPR Toolkit CD

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Our Checklist

Establishing effective extended producer responsibility legislation: A checklist (pdf) for decision-makers, zero waste advocates, and waste managers.

More Resources

Inform Fact Sheet (pdf files)

• European Union (EU) Electrical and Electronic Products Directives (pdf)
• The WEEE and RoHS Directives: Highlights and Analysis (pdf)
• Impact of the RoHS Directive on Electronic Products Sold in the United States (pdf)

European Legislation

• The Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) (pdf)
• The Directive on Restriction of certain Hazardous Substances (pdf)
• The Directive on End of Life Vehicles (pdf)
• The German Packaging Ordinance (pdf)
• Summary of Germany’s Packaging Ordinance (pdf)

Industry Lobby Letters

• Electrolux Ad #1 (pdf)
• Electrolux Ad #2 (pdf)
• Industry Coalition Letter (pdf)
• Joint press statement (pdf)

Matrix of EPR Round the World (pdf)
2002, “National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative,” Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

EPR Programmes: Individual Versus Collective Responsibility (pdf)
Exploring various forms of implementation and their implication to design change. Naoko Tojo. IIIEE Reports, 2003:8

Effectiveness of EPR Programme in Design Change (pdf)
Study of the Factors that affect the Swedish and Japanese EEE and Automobile Manufacturers. Naoko Tojo. IIIEE 2001

EPR Programme Implementation: Institutional and Structural Factors (pdf)
by Naoko Tojo, Thomas Lindhqvist and Gary Davis. OECD. 2001

This report (pdf) and others from the workshop are available from the OECD website

EPR Recycler’s Pledge Brochure (pdf)

A Citizen's Guide to Producer Responsibility: Washington Citizens for Resource Conservation (pdf)

Procurement Guidelines for Information Technology Equipment in Health Care

• The Issue (pdf)
• Procurement Matrix for Original Equipment Manufacturers and Vendors (pdf)

Extended Producer Responsibility (pdf)
A Waste Management Strategy that cuts waste, creates a cleaner environment, and saves taxpayers money

Additional Links on Extended Producer Responsibility

Government

• USA: Environmental Protection Agency EPR site
• Canada: Environment Canada’s EPR site
• Product Stewardship in Minnesota
• NorthWest Product Stewardship Council has an extensive list of newsletters and resources
• Western Electronic Product Stewardship Initiative has an extensive list of resources.
• Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development
  Do a search under Extended Producer Responsibility for their many publications and Guidance to Government manuals.

Academic

• University of Tennessee: Center for Clean Products and Technologies
• Product Stewardship Initiative, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

NGO

• Clean Production Action. Visit the Extended Producer Responsibility
• Visit the EPR webpage at the Grass Roots Recycling Network
• Click Here to See the EPR Principles
• Visit the Computer Takeback Campaign and an overview of state intiatives
• Visit Basel Action Network and the campaign against waste exports
• Visit the Clean Car Campaign
• Visit INFORM for their many publications and research on Extended Producer Responsibility

Publications

• Raymond Communications are experts in global recycling policy
• For up-to-date information on European EPR and other environmental issues, visit the ENDS Report and ENDS Environment Daily