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Building Capacity for Product Stewardship
This presentation was prepared by The Product Stewardship Institute, an equal opportunity provider and employer.
What is product stewardship?
a principle that everyone
involved in the life cycle of a
product has a responsibility to
reduce the health and
environmental impacts of that
product
This presentation was prepared by The Product Stewardship Institute, an equal opportunity provider and employer.
How many products do you use in 1 day?
In one week?
In one year?
This presentation was prepared by The Product Stewardship Institute, an equal opportunity provider and employer.
The average American throws away 1,600 pounds of trash each year
That means by age 25 you’ve thrown away
40,000 pounds
This presentation was prepared by The Product Stewardship Institute, an equal opportunity provider and employer.
Photo courtesy: George Hall
By the time you’re 50 you’ve thrown away the 80,000 pounds – or the weight of a Boeing 737
And that’s just one person!
This presentation was prepared by The Product Stewardship Institute, an equal opportunity provider and employer.
For one, it adds up to a lot of stuff. Last year alone
we threw out: 2.7 million tons of appliances
1.79 million tons of electronics
3.3 million tons of tires
This presentation was prepared by The Product Stewardship Institute, an equal opportunity provider and employer.
Unfortunately, the full impact of the
products we buy is much larger than
what we throw in our garbage can.
This presentation was prepared by The Product Stewardship Institute, an equal opportunity provider and employer.
We can’t see the full impacts of the products we buy
1. Before we buy them
2. After we throw them away
This presentation was prepared by The Product Stewardship Institute, an equal opportunity provider and employer.
Over 1/3 of U.S. greenhouse gas emissionscome from products and packaging
This presentation was prepared by The Product Stewardship Institute, an equal opportunity provider and employer.
Product stewardship means looking at the impact of a product:
from the time it is raw materials
until it is discarded
Raw Materials
Manufacturing Transportation Retail Use Disposal/Recycling
everyone has a role to playfrom those who make it
to those who sell it
to thosewho buy it
Producers
Distributers
Retailers
Consumers
Waste Management
Responsibility:To produce goods that are safe for their customers & the environment
This presentation was prepared by The Product Stewardship Institute, an equal opportunity provider and employer.
everyone has a role to play
from those who make it
to those who sell it to
thosewho buy it
Producers
Distributors
Retailers
Consumers
Waste Management
Responsibility:- Buy and use the best product - Dispose or recycle all goods responsibly
everyone has a role to play
from those who make it
to those who sell it to
thosewho buy it
Producers
Distributors
Retailers
Consumers
Waste Management
Retailers and other businesses have a unique ability to educate their customers and their suppliers about opportunities to reduce unintended environmental and health impacts from their products, and to help provide solutions for collection and recycling.
This presentation was prepared by The Product Stewardship Institute, an equal opportunity provider and employer.