[p2tech] Joshuah Stolaroff will speak at GRRN Conference!

Apologies for Cross-Postings

The author of these reports, Joshuah Stolaroff, 
will be speaking at the GRRN National Recycling & 
Zero Waste Conference in Devens, MA on October 
19, 2009 (www.grrn.org/conference2009).

Don't miss this opportunity to talk with him 
directly about this landmark analysis!  Register Now!

Gary Liss

At 03:47 PM 9/18/2009, Gary Liss wrote:

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>Products and Packaging Contribute 44 Percent of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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>Product policy change can combat global warming, groups say
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>Posted at 
><http://www.productpolicy.org/simplenews/statistics/click?nid=252&mail=gary@garyliss.com&url=http:/%2Fwww.productpolicy.org/content/climate-change-epr>http://www.productpolicy.org/content/climate-change-epr 
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>The garbage filling our trashcans is also 
>changing our global climate, according to 
>complimentary reports released today by the U.S. 
>Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Product Policy Institute (PPI).
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>Two New Reports
>    * The EPA Report reveals that 37 percent of 
> United States total greenhouse gas emissions 
> result from the provision and use of goods 
> produced within the U.S.  “Goods” includes all 
> consumer products and packaging, including 
> building components and passenger 
> vehicles.  “Provision and use” includes all 
> activities from resource extraction, 
> manufacturing, and transport to use and 
> disposal.  These emissions have a dangerous impact on the Earth’s climate.
>    * A supplemental white paper, released by 
> PPI and written by the lead technical author of 
> the EPA report, tells an even more surprising 
> story.  When emissions of products made abroad 
> and consumed here are included, and exports are 
> subtracted, products and packaging account for 
> 44 percent of total U.S. greenhouse gas 
> emissions.  The PPI report adds the full global 
> impact to the data published in the EPA report.
>“Climate action has largely focused on 
>transportation, heating and cooling, and food. 
>Now we know that reducing waste offers the 
>largest opportunity to combat global warming," 
>said Bill Sheehan, PPI executive director.
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>Joshuah Stolaroff, author of the white paper and 
>technical lead on the EPA report, emphasized the 
>importance of improving product design to 
>address climate change.  “Because product design 
>influences all stages of the product life cycle, 
>improving product design has the most potential 
>to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated 
>with products,” said Stolaroff in the PPI 
>report. He was the AAAS Science and Technology 
>Policy Fellow at U.S. EPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
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>Product Policy Response
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>Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), or 
>Product Stewardship, policies make brand-owners 
>take financial ownership of their products, from 
>creation to disposal. EPR reduces waste – and in 
>so doing, reduces greenhouse gas emissions -- by 
>giving producers a financial incentive to design 
>products that close the loop by being easy to 
>repair, reuse, and recycle, according to 
>PPI.  EPR policies require brand owners to pay 
>for the reuse and recycling of their products.
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>EPR is a well-established policy in Canada, 
>Europe, Japan, and South Korea.  In this 
>country, 18 states and New York City have passed 
>EPR laws requiring brand-owners to pay for 
>collecting, processing, reusing and recycling 
>discarded electronic products sold in these 
>jurisdictions.  Environmental organizations are 
>also promoting EPR.  In 2008, the Sierra Club 
>adopted a Zero Waste policy featuring EPR and 
>recently created a Zero Waste Team whose top 
>responsibility is advancing EPR policies.
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>The EPR policy approach addresses one of the key 
>findings of the EPA report, “Opportunities to 
>Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions through 
>Materials and Land Management Practice.” The 
>report states that impacts during the production 
>phase – activities from materials extraction to 
>manufacturing -- are responsible for by far the 
>largest portion of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from products and packaging.
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>“These reports prove that implementing product 
>stewardship programs in the U.S. will result in 
>the greatest reduction of our carbon footprint,” 
>said Heidi Sanborn, executive director of the 
>California Product Stewardship Council, an 
>organization of local governments working for 
>EPR policy in California.  “The reports show 
>that EPR should be included in every climate action plan.”
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>Reports
>    * EPA Report, Opportunities to Reduce 
> Greenhouse Gas Through Land and Materials 
> Management: 
> <http://www.productpolicy.org/simplenews/statistics/click?nid=252&mail=gary@garyliss.com&url=http:/%2Fwww.epa.gov/oswer/docs/ghg_land_and_materials_management.pdf>http://www.epa.gov/oswer/docs/ghg_land_and_materials_management.pdf 
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>    * PPI White Paper, Products, Packaging and 
> US Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 
> <http://www.productpolicy.org/simplenews/statistics/click?nid=252&mail=gary@garyliss.com&url=http:/%2Fwww.productpolicy.org/content/climate-change-epr>http://www.productpolicy.org/content/climate-change-epr 
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>Contacts
>    * Bill Sheehan, PPI executive director: 
> 706-613-0710 
> <http://www.productpolicy.org/simplenews/statistics/click?nid=252&mail=gary@garyliss.com&url=mailto:bill@productpolicy.org>bill at productpolicy.org 
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>    * Joshuah Stolaroff, AAAS Science and 
> Technology Policy Fellow at U.S. EPA Office of 
> Solid Waste and Emergency 
> Response:  412-527-9849 
> <http://www.productpolicy.org/simplenews/statistics/click?nid=252&mail=gary@garyliss.com&url=mailto:josh@rationalcontemporary.com>josh at rationalcontemporary.com 
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>    * Heidi Sanborn, California Product 
> Stewardship Council executive director: 
> 916-402-3911 
> <http://www.productpolicy.org/simplenews/statistics/click?nid=252&mail=gary@garyliss.com&url=mailto:heidi@CalPSC.org>heidi at CalPSC.org 
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>About Product Policy Institute:
>Product Policy Institute is a North American 
>non-partisan, non-profit research, 
>communication, and educational organization. It 
>promotes policies that advance sustainable 
>production, consumption, and good governance. 
>Founded in 2003, PPI works with communities and 
>their local governments to advocate for public 
>policies that protect public health and safety 
>and address climate change by encouraging waste 
>prevention and clean production.  PPI has helped 
>local governments establish Product Stewardship 
>Councils in California, New York, Vermont, and 
>Texas, and is currently working in other states.
>For more information, visit 
><http://www.productpolicy.org/simplenews/statistics/click?nid=252&mail=gary@garyliss.com&url=http:/%2Fwww.productpolicy.org/>www.productpolicy.org 
>.   P.O. Box 48433, Athens, GA  30604  *  Tel: 
>706-613-0710  * 
><http://www.productpolicy.org/simplenews/statistics/click?nid=252&mail=gary@garyliss.com&url=mailto:info@productpolicy.org>info at productpolicy.org
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>Gary Liss
>916-652-7850
>Fax: 916-652-0485
>www.garyliss.com
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