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A new paradigm? Shirli Axelrod Viccy Salazar David Stitzhal Northwest Product Stewardship Council Product Stewardship Agenda Introduction to Product Stewardship Corporate examples of Product Stewardship Strategies for Product Stewardship Case Study – What would you do? What’s happening now? In the US Internationally Resources What is Product Stewardship? Shared Product Responsibility Managing the environmental impacts at all stages of the product life cycle Avoid end-of-life product management Putting Environmental Price signal in cost Allowing for Change where most Effective Creates: Efficiency and Equity Economic Incentive for Resource Conservation and Profits How is Product Stewardship Different from Recycling? Recycling: Focuses on single material products Focus on Easy to Recycle Products Consumer Oriented Focus is on End-of-Life Responsibility is with Government Lots of effective Programs Already Exist Product Stewardship: Focuses on complex products and processes Is Business Oriented Looks at the whole product chain Requires cooperation between different parts of product chain Responsibility is with businesses New approaches are being developed Product Stewardship Defined Product Stewardship is an environmental management strategy that means whoever designs, produces, sells, or uses a product takes responsibility for minimizing the products environmental impact throughout all stages of the products life cycle. The greatest responsibility lies with whoever has the most ability to affect the lifecycle environmental impacts of the product. Principles of Product Stewardship From the Product Stewardship Institute Responsibility assigned to the industry Costs are internalized Incentives for cleaner products and sustainable management practices Flexible management strategies are used Clear roles and relationships Industry – provides leadership, primary responsibility, develops programs, pays (or all