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Beverage Take-Back Campaign
Beverage Producer Responsibility? More than 114 billion aluminum, plastic and glass disposable, single-serve beverage containers are littered or wasted in the United States every year. As wasting rises, recycling is declining. The beverage ... 80 percent or more of the beverage containers sold in the state. National Deposit Bill The National Beverage Producer Responsibility Act provides a new approach ...
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Producer Responsibility Act 2002
In fact, the bottling industry itself used deposits very effectively for decades to encourage the return of beverage bottles. The National Beverage Producer Responsibility Act complements state bottle laws. Brand owners who achieve a recovery rate of at least 80 percent under a current state beverage ...
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CD-ROM TABLE OF CONTENTS
Planning Zero Waste Draft Manual Policies: Beverage Container Recycled Content Business Recycling Policies Buy Recycled C&D Recycling Plans and Policies Electronics Take Back Extended Producer Responsibility Resolution, CCCWMA Incentives Introduction to Zero ...
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Page Contact us Product Stewardship: Product stewardship and producer responsibility both require an understanding that the old municipal responsibility model is not adequate to address the continuing ... laws creating such systems for beverage containers. What Can Local Government Do? Solid waste management is still primarily a local government responsibility. Particularly during times of fiscal ...
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Extended Product Responsibility Articles
Responsibility Articles Extended Product Responsibility ARTICLES Recommendations for a Canadian Green Dot Program Letter - Producer Responsibility Deposit Legislation Threatened? What is Extended Product Responsibility? Denmark Proposes Green Tax on Packaging Germany Implements New Recycling Plan Beverage ...
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CWMA Articles: "Deposit Legislation Threatened?"
Encorp Pacific, the nonprofit handler of the majority of the province's depositable beverage containers, is standing firm. Earlier this spring, Encorp asked retailers to implement a 'recycle fee ... to handle the situation. Source: CWMA Newsletter (summer 2000), vol. 4 iss. 6.
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SBN Feature Article: June 1997
In October, EPA and PCSD are scheduled to hold a joint workshop on gaining wider acceptance for producer responsibility. PCSD's ... beverage containers, 70% for steel and glass and 40% for paper and paperboard. France's "Eco-emballages" is one of several programs in which governmenat and industry take "shared responsibility" ...
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PPRC | Greening Supply Chain - Partnering With Suppliers
(Reference: Supplier Environmental Management, Businesses for Social Responsibility) Herman Miller contracts with their supplier of PVC vinyl edging, to take back ... , Inc., a beverage producer, worked with aluminum can manufacturers to decrease wall thickness and lid diameter, acheiving a 30% weight reduction in aluminum cans and changing beverage can design ...
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Northwest Product Stewardship Council
Beverage Container Deposit Refund Programs A discussion of beverage container deposit policies and their effectiveness in recovering glass, aluminum and plastic beverage ... Producer Responsibility - A New Policy Tool to Ease Budget Woes An explanation of the basic elements of Producer Responsibility (and Product Stewardship) and an overview of current legislation requiring Producer Responsibility ...
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December 7, 2007: BOTTLED WATER BOYCOTTS - Back-to-the-Tap Movement Gains Momentum - DATA
United States, 1976-2007 (figure and table) Beverage Consumption in the United States, 1980-2005 (figure and table) Beverage Consumption Per Person in the United States, 1980 ... bottles. This covers issues of "resource conservation, waste management, container deposit legislation, extended producer responsibility and greenhouse [gas] emissions." Manly, NSW Australia Mayor Peter Macdonald is asking ...
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