[greenyes] Extended Producer Responsibility in the U.S. and Canada

["Bill Sheehan" <bill.sheehan@no.address>]

The Product Policy Project has produced an overview of 
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in the US and 
Canada.   Written by Helen Spiegelman and Bill Sheehan,
the report covers:
-- the historical context of product policy in North America; 
-- how EPR got co-opted in the U.S. but how NGO's have 
   recently put it back on the policy agenda; and 
-- what is happening in Canadian provinces, which 
   have moved beyond debating whether EPR is a good policy 
   approach to figuring out how to make it work.  

The paper will be published in a European book, but we 
believe the story needs to heard in North America, and in 
the U.S. in particular.  The document posted at 
http://www.productpolicy.org/resources/index.html 

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Bill Sheehan, director
Product Policy Project
P.O. Box 48433
Athens, GA 30604-8433  USA
Tel:  706-613-0710
Email:   bill@no.address 
Web:  www.ProductPolicy.org 
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