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Passing along information on the 'deregulation of environemental
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Dear Friends--
Below as a text file is the statement opposing the XL-type legislation
proposed by Sen. Lieberman (D-Conn). Thanks to all who have signed on. As
you can see, there are many people who have signed on from the United
States, Canada, South and Central America and Europe.
There is still time to sign on. If you want to sign-on, please write back
to svtc@igc.org and give me your name, organization, state, address, and
phone number. If you want more information about Project XL and the
problems that were encountered with Project XL around the Intel facility in
Chandler, Arizona, visit our web site at: http://www.svtc.org
Please circulate this message to others, and thanks again for signing on.
Sincerely
Ted Smith and Leslie Byster
______________________________________(separator)__________________
For Further information:
Ted Smith - (408) 287-6707
Press Release
GRASSROOTS GROUPS OPPOSE ENVIRONMENTAL DE-REGULATION AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY
AND WORKER EMPOWERMENT
Today, Sen. Lieberman (D-CT) introduced a bill that would essentially
legalize "Project XL" types of environmental de-regulation projects. This
proposed legislation was discussed in a workshop at the recent Citizens
Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste (CCHW) convention.* At the convention
workshop, the following Statement of Grassroots Organizations on Proposed
National Legislation Promoting "Stakeholder" Negotiations in Lieu of
Regulations was developed and adopted. Since then, many more environmental
and community activists have signed on to the statement. While many people
appreciate Sen. Lieberman's past efforts in support of environmental
protection, grassroots leaders believe that it is crucial that the Senator
-- as well as EPA -- understand that there is significant grassroots
opposition to environmental deregulation, but also strong support for
authentic community and worker empowerment, as described in the attached
Principles and Tools for Developing a Model Empowerment Strategy.
The "Principles and Tools" model has evolved over the past year based on
local community concerns about EPA's implementation of Project XL. On
November 16, 1996, the Clinton Administration signed a precedent setting
"Project XL" agreement for environmental de-regulation with Intel
Corporation, the world's largest manufacturer of semiconductors. Many
grassroots leaders believe that the Intel Project XL agreement turns back
the clock on hard-won laws that were designed to protect the environment and
workers and community health. It was widely rejected by over 130
non-governmental organizations who feel that Project XL creates dangerous
precedents by removing regulatory review in the name of streamlining without
replacing the review with effective forms of precaution and accountability
to those who are affected.
* (CCHW is a national grass roots environmental justice organization,
founded by Lois Gibbs who led the effort to clean up the pollution at Love
Canal.)
STATEMENT OF GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS ON PROPOSED NATIONAL LEGISLATION
PROMOTING "STAKEHOLDER" NEGOTIATIONS IN LIEU OF REGULATIONS
1. We oppose all deregulation efforts that undermine environmental and
occupational health and safety regulations and protections.
2. We support AUTHENTIC community and worker empowerment consistent with
the Principles and Tools for Developing a Model Empowerment Strategy,
described below:
a. Encourage public participation
i. Co-sponsor with community organizations: decision making, developing
agendas, establishing goals
ii. Educate community to enable equal participation to influence decision
making
b. Seek out & facilitate broad involvement (not hand picked by facility or
EPA) Groups to include: community and neighborhood groups, community
service organizations, educational institutions, environmental groups,
medical community, non-govt orgs, religious communities
c. Design logistics to encourage participation (meetings accessible to all,
translation equipment, atmosphere and process of equal participation
d. Mechanics to encourage participation (cross cultural exchanges,
facilitator trained in EJ(environmental justice) issues, define roles for
equal participation, provide information needed to participate
e. Consensus decision making by all participants including: Goal setting,
implementation, evaluation, all parties have sign-off authority
f. Adequate funding to enable participation. Including day-to day
operations & facilitation, independent technical assistance, education and
training for participation, community reinvestment projects paid for by
facility from regulatory savings
g. Transparency of information Including: mass balance information,
monitoring, independent verification/auditing
h. Worker participation--Including: education and training, independent
technical assistance, protection from retaliation, participation in design
of system & design worker self-monitoring, commitment to reduce exposure
i. Balance of power--Build in clearly defined points of leverage to
equalize balance of power for all participants
j. Proportionality--Assure that all parties receive equal benefits (i.e.
proportionality between superior environmental health & safety, engagement
of and accountability to communities and workers, regulatory flexibility)
k. Prohibit risk shifting--Consistent with Executive Order 12898,
communities and workers must be protected from unjust impacts
Sign-ons: (Organizations for identification purposes only)
Richard & Ana Adams
Pete Altman, SEED Coalition, TX
Lanell S. Anderson, Citizens Environmental Council, TX
Fran Ansley, College of Law, Univ. of TN, TN
Carl Anthony, Urban Habitat Program, CA
Jonathon Bachrach
Wanda S Ballentine, CPA, OR
Domenick Bertelli, MIT, MA
J.R. Bertram, Computer Prof. for Social Responsibility, CA
Kerri Blanchard, Concerned Citizens of Union County, NJ
Max Bollock, Peace Action of San Mateo County, CA
Stephen Brittle, Don't Waste Arizona, AZ
Charlotte Brody, Center for Health, Environment and Justice, VA
Bob Brule, Dresel Univ. School fo Env. Science, PA
Dr. Robert Bullard, Environmental Justice Resource Center, GA
Leslie Byster, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, CA
John Capillo, Eastern Kentucky University, KY
Neil Carman, PhD, Clean Air Prog Dir.,Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club, TX
Meg Casey, Service Employees International Union, DC
Jackie Casperman, NY
Donald B. Clark, UCC- Network for Environ. & Econ. Responsibility, TN
Gary Cohen, Health Care Without Harm, MA
George Coling, Environmental Consultant, VA
Elizabeth Crowe, KY Env. Found., Chemical Weapons Working Group,KY
Cathy Crumbley, Univ. of Lowell, Center for Sustainable Prod., MA
Ruth Culver, East Texas Communities Network, TX
Casper Davis, US citizen living in Canada,Canada
Peter L. deFur, Prof. Envir. Studies, VCU, VA
Bernadette Del Chiaro, Toxics Action Center, CT
Chris Desser, Migratory Species Project, cA
Mary Beth Doyle, Ecology Center, MI
Richard Drury, Communities for a Better Environment, CA
Frank Emspak, School for Workers - Univ. of Wisconsin, WI
Judy Enck, NYPIRG, NY
Brad Erickson, Political Ecology Group, CA
Tom Estabrook, Univ. of Lowell, Work& Env. Dept., MA
Jeremy Faludi, trainer, Applied Materials, CA
Tom Fitzgerald, KY Resources Council, KY
Marian Flum, Univ. of Lowell, Dept. Work & Environment, MA
Philip Frankenfeld, DC
Tony Fretcher, London School of Hygiene and TM, UK
Tina Friedman, MCEC, NJ
Mark Friedman, CNNE, CA
Sara Gardner, Howard Samuels Center, CUNY, NY
Fernanda Giannasi, Ban Asbestos Network, Brasil
Lois Gibbs, CCHW, VA
Robert Ginsburg, Ph.D., Midwest Center for Labor Research, IL
Phyllis Glazer, Mothers Organized to Stop Environ. Sins, TX
Fred Goff, DataCenter - President, CA
Michael Green, Center for Environmental Health, CA
Bill Green, People Against Contaminated Environments, TX
Stuart Greenberg, Environmental Health Watch, OH
Terry Greene, JSI, Center for Env. Health Studies, MA
Michael Gregory, AZ Toxics Information, AZ
Charles Griffith, Ecology Center-Ann Arbor, MI
Jacky Grimshaw, Chgo. Transport & Air Quality Progr. CNT, IL
Charlotte Hartman, NSA, NY
Alanna Hartzog, Earth Rights Institute, PA
Amanda Hawes, Santa Clara Center for Occupational Safety and Health, CA
Martin Hernandez, Labor/Community Strategy Center, CA
Cheryl Hirshman, Center for Children's Media, MD
Laura Hitchcock, WA
Robert H. Hogner, Associate Prof. of Busniess Environ, FL Univ., FL
Skelly Holmbeck-Pelham, School of Forestry Resources, Univ. of Georgia, GA
Tian Hunter, Enviro. Working Group, Green Party, CA
Anna-Karin Hurt, London School of Hygiene &TM, UK
Jeff Jones
Jay Kardan, Sierra Club, Conservation Chair, VA
Joshua Karliner, Transnational Resource & Action Center, CA
Ann Knox, PA Env. Network, PA
Denny Larson, Communities for a Better Environment, CA
Cathy Lemar, Military Toxics Project, ME
Charles Levenstein, UMass Lowell, MA
Bruce Livingston, Health Access, Exec. Dir., CA
Jeffrey Mahr, Emory University, GA
Anja Malhatra, United Food & Commercial Workers, DC
Eugene Marner, NY
David Matusow, Project XL Community Stakeholder, AZ
Deborah McCarthy, Northeastern University, MA
John Meehan, Citizens for Env. Justice
Albert R. Metheny, Dept. of Pol. Science, Univ. FLA, FL
Alan Moore, American Federation of Teachers, OR
Tim Newton, Dept. Organ. Psych., Univ. London, UK
Bruce Northridge, Env. Coalition of MS, MS
Zoflia Nowakowski, Dept. of City & Reg Planning, Rutgers Univ., NY
Peter Olney, LA MAP, CA
Aykia Param, Publisher, Women and Money, CA
Ron Parry, PhD, Galveston-Houston Assoc. for Smog Prevention, TX
Carlos Porras, Communities for a Better Environment, CA
Thompson E. Potter, AFSCME 3650 Harvard Union clerical & Tech Workers, MA
Bowden Quinn, Grand Cal Task Force, IL
George Reiter, History Professor, Univ. of TX, TX
Craig Rodine, University of Cambridge (UK), UK
Alex Sagady, AJSA, MI
Raquel Sancho, Santa Clara Center for Occ. Safety & Health, CA
Madeline Scammel, Loka Institute, MA
Michelle Schlief, Hampshire College, MA
John Schweitzer, Prof, Urban Affairs, MI State Univ., MI
Fran Serapin, CURE, NY
Bob Shavelson, Cook Inlet Keeper, AK
Chris Shuey, Southwest Research and Information Center, NM
Lenny Siegel, Pacific Studies Center, CA
Samantha Smith, Renseller Polytechnic Institute, PA
Ted Smith, Campaign for Responsible Technology, CA
O. H. Michael Smith, IL
Reshma Sohoni, University of Pennsylvania, PA
Frances Stanley-Jones, GIS Consultant, CA
Michael Stanley-Jones, Environmental Consultant, CA
Carolyn Stephens, London School of Hygiene and TM, UK
Harold Stokes, OR
Peter Strauss, PM Strauss and Associates, CA
Shanna H. Swan Ph.D., School of Public Health, CA
Dave Swartz, OCAW, Canada
Lyle Talbot, Desert Citizens Against Pollution, CA
Gary M. Throop, Clarkson Univ., Dept. of Management, NY
Dan Toomey, UMass Lowell, NH
Jim Trammel, TN Citizen Action, TN
Angelina Vengas, UC-Davis, CA
Michael Warburton, Ecology Center, CA
Carroll Webber, East Carolina Univ.
Jane Williams, CA Communities Against Toxics, CA
Emily Yozell, Justicia para la Naturaleza, Costa Rica
Andrew Zimmerman, DE Tech Comm. College, DE
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Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 16:29:37 -0800
From: Myra Nissen <myracycl@inreach.com>
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I feel I successfully got off lists by sending pre-stamped envlopes back
with a note asking them to take my name off the mailing list. I add
"Attn. Manager of Customer Services" to the address.
Myra
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From: oldxeye@crisscross.com (Hop)
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I think both Keith, and Paul Tapley, made worthwhile suggestions regarding
junk mail. I am well practiced at both these techniques and can report that
they work, to some extent. I would add to Paul's suggestion of sending it
back in the postage paid return envelope the additional words "Thanks for
subsidising the mail system" - it might at least make them think.
However, if you really want to drastically reduce your junk mail, and save
yourself a lot of time by not having to deal with it, the solution is quite
simple:
DON'T SIGN YOUR NAME & ADDRESS TO ANYTHING LIKELY TO GENERATE IT IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
That's what REALLY works!
Hop.
>But my experience is that the way to suppress junk mail effectively is not
>to expect help from any generalized "don't send" lists, but to take
>agressive personal responsibility.
> The key thing about junk mail is that it cascades in a pyramid. If you
>let it go, it avalanches. Nip it in the bud!
> Look at each piece of mail that you receive, consider who sent it, why,
>and whether you want it (and more of the same). You will be much more
>effective in this if you code your address for each person you give it to.
[snip]
> It really is possible to keep junk mail down to a low level, with constant
>vigilance.
[snip]
>Recycle electrons -- Save a Tree!
>=====================
>Keith c/o bostoncwa@igc.org
>total recycling - zero waste
>W.Rox/Boston, MA USA
>=====================
>
>From: Paul Tapley <Paul.Tapley@sonoma.edu>
>
>Here's one more idea for the "junk mail" problem. This method does not address
>the problems, it just makes me feel better, sending a small message. When I
>get unwanted solicitations in the mail, the first thing I do is look for the
>postage paid return envelope (PPRE). I then put all the materials they sent to
>me into their PPRE and then send it all back to them with the message: "Please
>recycle this, send no more, and take my address off your mailing list. Thank
>you." I haven't noticed any great reduction in the mailings, but it seems
>appropriate to have the sender of unwanted mail be made responsable for it's
>disposal, and pay the postage as a small penality for the inconvience of us
>having to deal with it.
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Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 13:12:18 -0800
From: Ann Schneider <aschneid@cats.ucsc.edu>
Subject: City of Mtn. View Commerical Recycling Prg Expansion
Hi All: Monday, November 3, 1997
The City of Mountain View is holding a public hearing on expansion of
their residential and commercial recycling programs on Wednesday,
November 12, 1997 at 7:30 pm at City Hall, 500 Castro St. in Mtn.
View.
It would be really fantastic if any local recyclers or activists could
attend the council meeting and speak out in favor of fee for service.
I have provided some background on commercial issues in Mtn. View. If
you can't attend, please direct comments to:
Dear Councilmembers
The City of Mountain View
500 Castro St.
P.O.Box 7540
Mountain View, CA 94039
fax 650 903-6039 (This is the City Clerks office who has promised
me that all letters will be given to each Councilmember.)
City of Mtn. View does not allow fee for service for independent
recyclers but does allow their franchised garbage hauler (Foothill
Disposal Co. a subsidiary of NORCAl), to charge up to 75% of the cost
of collecting garbage on commercial recyclables. I called the City
this morning to verify their position on fee for service and they
believe that they are within their rights to disallow recyclers to
charge for recycling (Based on the Rancho Mirage Decision. They also
believe that they has been a court decision that clearly gives local
governments the ability to disallow fee for service for commercial
recyclables.)
They may allow some grandfathering of recyclers who handle materials
such as pallets, grease and fluorescent tubes.
I have several clients in Mtn. View who generate more OCC than the
garbage huler is willing to collect but who do not generate sufficient
amounts for paper recyclers to collect without a fee for service to
cover the cost of transportation (more than 3 cu. yd/wk in the recent
market.) The City told me today that the reason the garbage hauler
isn't interested is that they are asking the City to let them (or let
the City pay for) a new truck to handle the collection of OCC.
Several of these same clients have plastic discards from their
manufacturing and remanufacturing processes that also can not be
collected without a fee for service (given amounts and markets for
these plastics). Again, the City's policy prevents the collection and
subsequent recycling of those materials.
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Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 12:29:12 -0500
From: Cindy/Mike Shea <mcshea1@gte.net>
Subject: Colored Plastic Milk Ju
My husband, the beer connoisseur, assures me that brown glass is
essential to keep beer fresh. The Heineken imitators got it wrong
unless they use taller cardboard cases to keep out the light. Is this
freshness argument valid for any other products?
Cindy Pollock Shea
Promoting Sustainable Development
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Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 21:18:35 EST
From: Jango <Jango@aol.com>
Subject: Computer Recycling/Demanufacturing
To: List Friends
From: David Biddle (jango@aol.com)
I'm doing research into computer recycling and electronics demanufacturing
specifically with an eye toward economic development and markets issues.
Anyone who knows of websites, publications, good contacts (w/e-mail addresses)
and especially leaders in the industry, please send...either directly to me or
on the list. I have a good amount of information from 1994 & 95 when things
were heating up but nothing recent. I'm interested in everything so don't hold
back. Anyone who knows specialists in the Mid-atlantic especially let me know.
When I'm done with the research I'll at least have a great set of websites
that I can provide anyone who contributes.
Thanks for your help.
David
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Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 11:27:11 -0500
From: Cindy/Mike Shea <mcshea1@gte.net>
Subject: Natural products
Sally Fox is the woman who breeds organic colored cotton. My last
address for her ('95) is
Sally Fox
President
Natural Cotton Colors
P.O. Box 66
Wickenburg, AZ 85358
Tel 602-684-7199
Fax 602-684-7299
Good luck,
Cindy Pollock Shea
Promoting Sustainable Development
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Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 10:14:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Boston CWA 486 <bostoncwa@cleanwater.org>
Subject: Nov 15-20-28 date triad
Saturday, November 15, 1997
First Annual Massachusetts Recycles Day
contact Craig Ruberti or Kathi Miria at MassRecycle (617) 338-0244
November 20th, 1997
To celebrate the Third Annual ULS Day on November 20th, 1997, The ULS
Report, U.S. EPA and Keep America Beautiful, Inc. and over 250 other
ULS Day
participants are sponsoring a Use Less Stuff Contest for children ages
6 - 12. The
contest will kick off with a call on schools to declare ULS Day
Waste-Free Lunch
Day.
http://cygnus-group.com/ULS/ULSDAY/ULSDay.html
Welcome to the Third Annual ULS Day, which will be held on November 20th,
1997! The date (the Thursday before Thanksgiving) is significant
because it inaugurates the high-waste holiday season. During the five weeks
between Thanksgiving and New Year's, Americans produce an extra one million
tons of trash per week, compared
to any other time of the year.
This year we are featuring a Use Less Stuff Contest, which will be
kicked off by a
call for a nationwide Waste-Free Lunch Day in schools. You can review
contest
rules and obtain entry forms from our contest page, and obtain tips on
how to reduce mealtime discards from our lunchtime waste reduction page.
[yes PEP may be an "industry environmental front group" but i find the ULS
work worthy of respect]
November 28, 1997
International Buy Nothing Day
contact http://www.adbusters.org/Pop/buynothingday.html
Buy Nothing Day 1997 is on Friday, November 28th
(remember: it always falls on the first shopping day after US
Thanksgiving, traditionally the busiest shopping day of the
year, and
a starter's pistol in the run-up to the Christmas shopping frenzy).
This year, why not take part? Rise above the commodified,
advertiser-engineered, niche-marketed, sales-figure-boosting,
GDP-pumping consumerism of the Christmas Season.
=====================
Keith c/o bostoncwa@igc.org
total recycling - zero waste
W.Rox/Boston, MA USA
=====================
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Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 13:34:41 -0500 (EST)
From: Renewable News Network <rnn@rnn.com>
Subject: Nov 15-20-28 date triad
Keith, et al,
Thanks for the reminder! I'm on the uls-list, but I might have
let it slip. This is one great idea. Every since my first Buy
Nothing Day, I've never been the same. Now I can go for days
without buying anything!
Yours truly,
Ross
encl:
On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Boston CWA 486 wrote:
> Saturday, November 15, 1997
> First Annual Massachusetts Recycles Day
> contact Craig Ruberti or Kathi Miria at MassRecycle (617) 338-0244
>
> November 20th, 1997
> To celebrate the Third Annual ULS Day on November 20th, 1997, The ULS
> Report, U.S. EPA and Keep America Beautiful, Inc. and over 250 other
> ULS Day
> participants are sponsoring a Use Less Stuff Contest for children ages
> 6 - 12. The
> contest will kick off with a call on schools to declare ULS Day
> Waste-Free Lunch
> Day.
>
> http://cygnus-group.com/ULS/ULSDAY/ULSDay.html
> Welcome to the Third Annual ULS Day, which will be held on November 20th,
> 1997! The date (the Thursday before Thanksgiving) is significant
> because it inaugurates the high-waste holiday season. During the five weeks
> between Thanksgiving and New Year's, Americans produce an extra one million
> tons of trash per week, compared
> to any other time of the year.
>
> This year we are featuring a Use Less Stuff Contest, which will be
> kicked off by a
> call for a nationwide Waste-Free Lunch Day in schools. You can review
> contest
> rules and obtain entry forms from our contest page, and obtain tips on
> how to reduce mealtime discards from our lunchtime waste reduction page.
>
> [yes PEP may be an "industry environmental front group" but i find the ULS
> work worthy of respect]
>
> November 28, 1997
> International Buy Nothing Day
> contact http://www.adbusters.org/Pop/buynothingday.html
>
> Buy Nothing Day 1997 is on Friday, November 28th
> (remember: it always falls on the first shopping day after US
> Thanksgiving, traditionally the busiest shopping day of the
> year, and
> a starter's pistol in the run-up to the Christmas shopping
frenzy).
> This year, why not take part? Rise above the commodified,
> advertiser-engineered, niche-marketed, sales-figure-boosting,
> GDP-pumping consumerism of the Christmas Season.
>
>
> =====================
> Keith c/o bostoncwa@igc.org
> total recycling - zero waste
> W.Rox/Boston, MA USA
> =====================
>
<RNN>
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Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 12:14:52 -0600
From: "John Reindl" <reindl@co.dane.wi.us>
Subject: Web Sites on Extended Product Responsibility
Dear List Members -
I am giving a talk on manufacturers later this week to a statewide
conference and would appreciate any additions that any of you might
have for references to web pages that have useful information on this
topic. My list so far is as follows:
http://www.kirkworks.com/prodresp.htm
A draft resolution for local governments in support of producers
sharing responsibility for reducing product waste
http://www.rec.hu/poland/wpa/cpb4.htm
A 14 page article by Greenpeace on Extended Producer
Responsibility as a strategy to promote clean production. Good
background article from June 1995.
http://www1.whitehouse.gov/PCSD/Publications/EPR.html
Proceedings of the Workshop on Extended Product
Responsibility held October 21-22, 1996 at the White House
Conference Center, published February 1997
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/pcsd/tf-reports/amer-
top.html
Homepage of the President's Council on Sustainable
Development report Sustainable America. A New Consensus
for the Future. Links to the 7 chapter report, along with the
preface, definition and vision statement, we believe statement,
and introduction. Chapter 2 includes an endorsement for
extended product responsibility.
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/epr
The 140 page report on Extended Product Responsibility: A New
Principle for Product-Oriented Pollution Prevention, June 1997
from the US EPA.
http://www.emagazine.com/0597feat2.html
Seven page article entitled "The Producer Pays" from the May-
June 1997 issue of E/The Environmental Magazine. Includes a
discussion of the German Green Dot system, who's who in the
promotion of this concept in the US and some examples of
voluntary manufacturers's responsiblity in the US.
http://www.lu.se/IIIEE/research/products/epr/epr_old.html
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Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 14:34:25 -0500
From: Cindy/Mike Shea <mcshea1@gte.net>
Subject: Web Sites on Extended Product Responsibility
John,
Thanks for sharing your list. Here are a couple items to add
http://www.nsc.org/ehc/epr2.htm for the recovery and recycling of
electronic products.
Another reference, I don't have a hotlink, is a Sept 97 article in
Environment magazine "Extended Product Responsibility: A Tool for a
Sustainable Economy" by Gary Davis, Catherine Witt and Jack Barkenbus.
The authors are at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville at the
Energy, Environment and Resources Center. Phone 423-974-4251 Fax
423-974-1838.
http://www.ends.co.uk just ran an article on mandatory automobile
recycling in Sweden. I suspect they have more on the subject in their
archives.
Please share your final list.
Cindy Pollock Shea
Promoting Sustainable Development
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Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 14:12:07 -0500
From: Pete Pasterz <Pete.Pasterz@USDWP.MSU.EDU>
Subject: Web Sites on Extended Product Responsibility -Reply
John, also try Cat Wilt of the University of Tenessee WMREI, and current
President of
National Recycling Coalition. Much of her, and her colleagues' research is
in the area of
EPR. I don't know if they have a web site. Her e-mail address is
catwilt@utk.edu.
And, Raymond Communications has a web page on international recycling laws,
which is
largely EPR focussed. It's www.raymond.com. they are also hosting the
2nd annual
"Take it Back" conference in Alexandria, VA on 11/17-18.
Pete Pasterz,
Michigan State U.
>>> "John Reindl" <reindl@co.dane.wi.us> 11/03/97 01:14pm >>>
Dear List Members -
I am giving a talk on manufacturers later this week to a statewide
conference and would appreciate any additions that any of you might
have for references to web pages that have useful information on this
topic. My list so far is as follows:
http://www.kirkworks.com/prodresp.htm
A draft resolution for local governments in support of producers
sharing responsibility for reducing product waste
http://www.rec.hu/poland/wpa/cpb4.htm
A 14 page article by Greenpeace on Extended Producer
Responsibility as a strategy to promote clean production. Good
background article from June 1995.
http://www1.whitehouse.gov/PCSD/Publications/EPR.html
Proceedings of the Workshop on Extended Product
Responsibility held October 21-22, 1996 at the White House
Conference Center, published February 1997
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/pcsd/tf-reports/amer-
top.html
Homepage of the President's Council on Sustainable
Development report Sustainable America. A New Consensus
for the Future. Links to the 7 chapter report, along with the
preface, definition and vision statement, we believe statement,
and introduction. Chapter 2 includes an endorsement for
extended product responsibility.
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/epr
The 140 page report on Extended Product Responsibility: A New
Principle for Product-Oriented Pollution Prevention, June 1997
from the US EPA.
http://www.emagazine.com/0597feat2.html
Seven page article entitled "The Producer Pays" from the May-
June 1997 issue of E/The Environmental Magazine. Includes a
discussion of the German Green Dot system, who's who in the
promotion of this concept in the US and some examples of
voluntary manufacturers's responsiblity in the US.
http://www.lu.se/IIIEE/research/products/epr/epr_old.html
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Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 08:21:11 -0500
From: "Bill Sheehan" <bill_sheehan@mindspring.com>
Subject: ZERO EMISSIONS ECONOMY
ZERO EMISSIONS ECONOMY
[excerpt]
10-16-97 By KYU-YOUNG LEE
(c) Earth Times News Service JAKARTA--As the
governments of the world prepare to agree on
setting enforceable and binding national limits
on greenhouse gas emissions, at the Kyoto meeting
on climate change scheduled for December, another
meeting held here has offered a whole new
approach to solving the problem of emissions--
without limits or government sanctions. No
pollution, no emissions, no waste--sounds like a
dream, but a three-day conference held here not
only declared the feasibility of achieving zero
emissions by all industries, but also its
attainability in the forseeable future.
The three-day Third World Conference on Zero
Emissions, held recently, issued a declaration
calling for cooperation among political,
business and scientific communities to "support
an upsizing of the economy" with the aim of
reducing "all categories of pollution to zero."
The declaration envisions implementation of such
cooperation "in the foreseeable future" to
"promote the world's socio-economic advancement,
whereby industry will achieve higher levels of
productivity, generate more jobs, dramatically
reduce pollution . . . expanding the economy
without exhausting the Earth's limited
resources."
The conference was organized jointly by the
Indonesian Ministry of Environment, the United
Nations University (UNU) in Tokyo and the United
Nations Development Programme, which played a
role in inviting more than 20 international
journalists from business media to attend the
conference. Gunter Pauli, one of the chief
organizers, said that, in contrast to the
upcoming Kyoto conference, which is to deal
solely with setting limits on permissible
emissions of carbon dioxide, "This conference is
about eliminating gas, solid and liquid emissions
entirely from whatever source. It is about taking
on a whole new approach to handling waste. Our
goal is zero."
Pauli, who founded the Zero Emissions Research
Initiative (ZERI) at UNU, said that an army of
scientists are now researching ways that specific
industries can either eliminate wastes or use
them as input for other industries or processes.
"It is a time for 'upsizing' the economy in this
era of downsizing," he said.
Targets for "upsizing," according to the
conference's declaration, include: sharing
"experiences on the use of indigenous
technologies and modern innovations" and "the
conversion of various substances considered today
as waste, useless or even pests, into new value-
added marketable products."
[cut]
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Bill Sheehan
Zero Waste Associates
268 Janice Drive
Athens GA 30606
Tel & Fax 706-208-1416
bill_sheehan@mindspring.com
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Date: (null)
From: (null)
I will be at the Nov. 12 meeting with students in my Commercial
Recycling course and would love to see other fee for service advocates
attend. If you can't make the meeting but would like to write a
letter please cc me and I'll be sure to bring copies for the 7
councilmembers.
Many thanks for your support.
Sincerely,
Ann Schneider
resident
City of Mtn. View
fax 408 748-7388
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Date: (null)
From: (null)
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Thanks much for any help you can give. I would be glad to share the
final results with anyone who is interested.
John Reindl
Dane County, WI
reindl@co.dane.wi.us
(608)267-1533 - fax
(608)267-8815 - phone
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Date: (null)
From: (null)
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Thanks much for any help you can give. I would be glad to share the
final results with anyone who is interested.
John Reindl
Dane County, WI
reindl@co.dane.wi.us
(608)267-1533 - fax
(608)267-8815 - phone
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