For information on extended producer responsibiity, see INFORM's
website---INFORMINC.org. This contains in depth articles on the EPR system
for Ni-Cd batteries in the US as well as an overview of EPR policies in
general.
Bette Fishbein
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> greenyes-d Digest Volume 99 : Issue 296
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> Today's Topics:
> Re: [GRRN] producer responsibility
> [ Cindy Shea <cpshea@earthlink.net> ]
> [GRRN] ADMIN: A Few Reminders
> [ Shay Mitchell <shay@earthsystems.org> ]
> [GRRN] Number of computers sold
> [ "Dawn Amore" <DawnA@NRC-Recycle.org> ]
> Re: [GRRN] producer responsibility
> [ martin charter <101336.3560@compuserve.com> ]
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> Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 09:50:12 -0400
> From: Cindy Shea <cpshea@earthlink.net>
> To: martin charter <101336.3560@compuserve.com>,
> "greenyes@earthsystems.org" <greenyes@earthsystems.org>
> Subject: Re: [GRRN] producer responsibility
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> Dear Martin,
>
> A good place to start your search is the October 1998 issue of
> EPA's WasteWise
> Update dedicated to the subject of Extended Product
> Responsibility. It provides
> an overview of current programs and an extensive list of
> resources. The URL for
> a pdf version is http://www.epa.gov/wastewise/pub_c.htm#ten: EPA
> promises to
> expand its coverage of the topic in the near future.
>
> Regards,
> Cindy Pollock Shea
> Contributing Editor
> Florida Sustainable Communities Center
> http://sustainable.state.fl.us
>
> martin charter wrote:
>
> > Dear colleagues--i am undertaking research into 'producer
> responsibility'
> > in the electronics, packaging, automotive and battery sectors
> and looking
> > for useful websites covering the following keywords--any help well
> > received:
> >
> > * 'producer responsibility' (PR)
> > * 'extended producer responsibility' (EPR)
> > * PR or EPR legislation
> > * eco-design
> > * 'design for environment'
> > * recycling
> > * recycling technologies
> > * remanufacturing
> > * reconditioning
> > * reverse logistics
> >
> > cheers--martin charter, the centre for sustainable design
> (www.cfsd.org.uk)
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> Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 12:22:42 -0400
> From: Shay Mitchell <shay@earthsystems.org>
> To: greenyes@earthsystems.org
> Subject: [GRRN] ADMIN: A Few Reminders
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> Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 13:44:55 -0400
> From: "Dawn Amore" <DawnA@NRC-Recycle.org>
> To: greenyes@earthsystems.org
> Subject: [GRRN] Number of computers sold
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> The "Electronic Product Recovery and Recycling Baseline Report:
> Recycling of Selected Electronic Products in the United States" was
> released in May 1999. It has many of the statistics that Ted Smith
> used in his fact sheet, as well as sales/shipment data for eight
> products. It only provides national sales figures, not figures for
> individual states. The report is available for a cost from the National
> Safety Council, www.nsc.org, and I was one of the authors of the
> report when I worked there.
>
> I'm now working for the National Recycling Coalition, which has
> started its own project on electronics reuse and recycling. We'll be
> developing many different information services and products this
> year that will help to inform people about proper management of
> electronic products. We'll also be helping to connect people who
> own outdated equipment with reuse organizations and recyclers
> throughout the country. If you have any questions at all about
> where to find reports, statistics, companies, etc., please send me an
> e-mail at dawna@nrc-recycle.org.
>
> Dawn Amore
>
> Date forwarded: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 19:06:28 -0400
> From: Ed_Cooney@ci.sf.ca.us
> Date sent: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 15:49:29 -0700
> To: greenyes@earthsystems.org
> Subject: [GRRN] number of computers sold
> Forwarded by: greenyes@earthsystems.org
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> I've seen a wide variety of figures quoted for the number of PCs
> and televisions sold in the U.S. and in California in 1998. Does
> anyone know a definitive number and source for each, or the trade
> organization(s) that might? I've searched with no success.
> ====================================
> Dawn Amore
> National Recycling Coalition
> 1727 King Street, Suite 105
> Alexandria, VA 22314-2720
> Phone: (703) 683-9025, ext. 205
> Fax: (703) 683-9026
> E-mail: dawna@nrc-recycle.org
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> Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 13:47:00 -0400
> From: martin charter <101336.3560@compuserve.com>
> To: "INTERNET:greenyes@earthsystems.org" <greenyes@earthsystems.org>
> Subject: Re: [GRRN] producer responsibility
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> cindy--thanks--martin
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