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Striving for greater consumer product circularityThe United States generated approximately 292.4 million tons of municipal solid waste in 2018-an estimated 4.9 pounds of waste per person, per day. We manage MSW in several ways including recycling and composting, landfilling, and combustion, with expenses typically borne by municipalities. Increasingly, there's recognition and action toward a more circular, rather than linear, progression of products and materials. Instead of "trashing" resources, they should be recirculated, thus extending product lifecycles. Many product manufacturers are embracing product circularity, sharing responsibility for their products and packaging through Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR).
From the editor of
Handbook of Household Hazardous Waste comes this collection of cases on product stewardship and EPR for paint, mattresses, and other products.
Producer Responsibility in Practice shares examples of resource recovery programs and ways to effectively engage stakeholders, for example, in supporting legislation and employing community-based social marketing to motivate consumer behavior. Chapters are written by practitioners who share their perspectives to inform producers; officials and legislators; solid waste management and environmental professionals and students, as well as others interested in building EPR and fostering a more circular economy.
List of contents
Table of Contents
Preface (Amy Cabaniss, USA)
Chapter 1: Systems-Based Design with Resource Recovery in Mind (Kristin Aldred, USA)
Chapter 2: The Public Sector Takes on Latex Paint Recycling and Gains a Partner (Jim Quinn, Metro Portland, USA)
Chapter 3: In the Trenches: Getting EPR Done (Heidi Sanborn, Tim Goncharoff, National Stewardship Action Council, USA)
Chapter 4: Mattress Management
Part One (Mattress Recycling Council, USA)
Part Two (Thomas Metzner, CT DEEP, USA)
Chapter 5: Designing Behavior Change Programs to Reduce Waste (Jennifer Tabanico, Action Research, USA)
Chapter 6: Concluding Remarks: Looking Back and Going Forward with EPR (David Nightingale, Special Waste Associates, USA)
Appendix: MetroPaint and Green Building Fact Sheet, 2014
Index
About the Contributors
About the author
Amy Cabaniss, PhD, MBA, has more than 35 years of experience as an environmental educator with applied research in conservation psychology. As adjunct faculty in the School of Business MBA Program at Southern Connecticut State University, Amy teaches Business Ecology and Sustainability and The Research Project. She is the editor of Handbook on Household Hazardous Waste, past-president of NAHMMA-Northeast Chapter, and former NAHMMA board member.
