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Re: [greenyes] Green party zero waste platform
- Subject: Re: [greenyes] Green party zero waste platform
- From: "Bruce Arkwright,Jr" <powerbysun@no.address>
- Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 16:59:51 -0800 (PST)
- Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys
- Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; b=ursaCMct7sy+E9szJ257EKreVGAAG1Mt5ilXjFDk5s6Liw5VZtUi+mj/IVCGCOStedHEL8yN1T+8YOGrUz9tWvkOnw8jPoBoC/rMrnrJ6k8pRthn8JWSR8Cdi5cWye9ONwkiuPyht6fALIIX7oUZliiWbXQ2VvKkurfJ8F8ZwVs= ;
It is also interesting this is the nation Green
statement, unfortunately and more importantly do the
individual members and citizens practice this, unlike
their energy stance I know for a fact they do not
practice what they preach, well maybe in CA but not in
PA.
--- amy perlmutter <amyperl@no.address> wrote:
> From Karl Zehr's posting:
> http://www.greenparty.org
>
> "3. We support making manufacturers responsible for
> the full life cycle of
> their products by taking back used packaging and
> products for
> remanufacturing, reuse, or recycling. The
> electronics industry in particular
> must redesign its products to eliminate toxic
> components and enable clean
> recycling. We support the Principles of Extended
> Producer Responsibility
> (www.grrn.org/epr/epr_principles.html), as outlined
> by the EPR Working Group
> of the Grassroots Recycling Network. Policies to
> assist this transition
> include bans, recycled content standards, and
> economic incentives such as
> taxation, special fees, and deposits. "
>
> I find it interesting that the description of 'full
> life cycle' only talks
> about what happens to a product after its life is
> over-- not about what goes
> into making the products. I would imagine the
> environmental and social
> impacts of mining are at least equal to those
> associated with disposal.
>
>
>
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