Producer Responsibility in Practice

Large and small communities struggle with ever-growing waste management needs along with dwindling resources. The answer for a less-toxic planet lies partly with shared resource responsibility--a concept where producers take on more responsibility for their products after manufacture: handling and/or paying for end-of-life management (including recycling) and working with consumers, communities, and government.
From the editor of Handbook of Household Hazardous Waste, this is a practical guide to implementing product stewardship and/or extended producer responsibility in communities and businesses--beginning the process of engaging, motivating, and guiding key stakeholders in developing, legislating, and participating in a local or state EPR program.
Written by leading practitioners for manufacturers; local, state and federal officials and legislators; product designers; solid waste management and environmental professionals; and professors and students, Shared Resource Responsibility: A Guide for Decision Makers explains the ideas behind resource recovery and the circular economy, how to engage consumers, retailers, and decision makers and, how to make passing bills a reality. Included are case studies in paint and mattresses.

Amy Cabaniss, Ph.D., M.B.A., 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.