[GreenYes] URGENT - Support needed to CIWMB for producer responsibility directive

[Gary Liss <gary@no.address>]

Please email letters by 2/5/07 to CIWMB 
(rpackard@no.address and slindrud@no.address) 
indicating that you STRONGLY SUPPORT Strategic 
Directive 5 on Producer Responsibility.  Thanks!

Gary Liss

>From: "Bill Sheehan" <bill@no.address>
>Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:43:18 -0500
>
>Before the January meeting, CIWMB only received 
>four letters specifically supporting Strategic 
>Directive 5 on Producer Responsibility -- CPSC, 
>San Francisco, Sonoma and Santa Cruz.  The Board 
>deferred consideration until February and there 
>are rumors that the Board may further delay or 
>water down the resolution.  This strategic 
>policy directive (SD-5) will be the strongest in 
>the nation and is vital to those working for 
>both producer responsibility and Zero Waste.
>
>More support letters are urgently needed before 
>the Strategic Policy Committee meeting next week.
>o        Local governments charged with 
>enforcing the universal waste product disposal 
>ban (that?s every one in the state) should write.
>o        Jurisdictions that have passed Zero 
>Waste resolutions ? or intend to pass them ? 
>should write that producer responsibility is 
>essential to achieving Zero Waste -- which goal CIWMB has already adopted.
>o        NGO letters are worth sending too (CRRA?s is the only one on file).
>
>The CIWMB Strategic Policy Development Committee 
>meets Tuesday, Feb 6, to make a recommendation 
>to the full Board for its Feb 13ths 
>meeting.  See Item 14 at 
><http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Agendas/agenda.asp?RecID=1267>http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Agendas/agenda.asp?RecID=1267 
>.
>
>Support letters need to get in asap, but by 
>Monday, Feb 5th at the latest.  Address comments 
>to CIWMB Chair Margo Brown and Fax to 
>916-319-7645 (preferred) or email to 
><mailto:rpackard@no.address>rpackard@no.address 
>or 
><mailto:slindrud@no.address>slindrud@no.address 
>.  Attach a note asking to please distribute to board members and staff.
>
>Here is the language:
>
>SD-5: Producer Responsibility
>
>In order to assure environmental sustainability, 
>it is a core value of the CIWMB that producers 
>assume the responsibility for the safe stewardship of their materials.
>
>Specifically, the CIWMB will:
>    * Assure appropriate legislation is 
> introduced to foster ?cradle-to-cradle? producer responsibility.
>    * Analyze the feasibility of various 
> approaches to increasing producer 
> responsibility and make recommendations to the CIWMB Board by December 2007.
>    * Build capacity and knowledge in CIWMB on EPR issues and solutions.
>    * Develop and maintain relationships with 
> stakeholders that result in producer-financed 
> and producer-managed systems for product discards.
>
>Board Meeting
>Agenda Item-14
>February 13, 2007
>
>

Gary Liss
916-652-7850
Fax: 916-652-0485
www.garyliss.com  
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