The Council

The California Product Stewardship Council is an organization of local governments from throughout California who aim to shift California's product waste management system from one focused on government funded and ratepayer financed waste diversion to one that relies on producer responsibility in order to reduce public costs and drive improvements in product design that promote environmental sustainability.

What's New?

NEW Tools for Local Action in Support of EPR
Applying the Product Stewardship Framework for Residentially Generated Batteries and Lamps:
Workshops hosted by Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority and CPSC
April 29 & 30, 2008, in Sacramento
- NEW Workshop Agendas, Presentations and Speakers
- Sierra Club Guidelines for Selecting, Distributing and Recycling Environmentally-Preferable Light Bulbs During Mass Giveaways
AB 1860: Make producers of recalled products take them back after a recall
AB 1860 Model Letter of Support
AB 2347: Mercury Thermostat Collection Act of 2008
California Retailers Association Letter of Support
Model Letter of Support
CPSC's Letter of Support
New California Bill Would Give Consumers Ways to Recycle Old Mercury Thermostats:
CPSC and the Sierra Club California support Assembly Bill 2347.
AB 501: Pre-filled Sharps
Model Letter of Support if amended
Framework Principles for Product Stewardship Policy
The CPSC Board adopted a revised policy at its March 5th board meeting

CPSC PowerPoint Presentation Narrated 18.5 minutes (26 MB, updated 4/6/08)

Narrated by Betsy Rosenberg. Click on the link and the movie should automatically run in Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, or QuickTime.

A QuickTime version of this presentation for Apple computers is posted on the Product Policy Institute website -- along with the web video, The Story of Stuff by Annie Leonard.