The latest electronics product stewardship legislation for California.
AB 218, introduced on January 29, 2008, would amend Chapter 526 by re-defining the European Union’s RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC(PDF file, 114KB) term electronic equipment to mean a device that is dependent on electric currents or electromagnetic fields. Current California law defines electronic equipment only as video display devices.
The bill would exclude from the...
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Framework Policy was adopted by the CIWMB on January 23, 2008. The new EPR Framework Policy shifts the responsibility for managing products at the end-of-life from local governments to producers who can internalize the costs of product collection, transportation, and recycling/disposal.
The new policy provides stronger state regulations, realistic product selection and goal setting, and flexible oversight of product stewardship programs managed by...
Strategic Directive 5, adopted by the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) on February 13, 2007, outlines the Board's commitment to producer responsibility. The directive states that it is a core value of the CIWMB that producers assume the responsibility for the safe stewardship of their materials in order to promote environmental sustainability.
The CIWMB developed five subdirective areas: 1) utilize existing Board authority to implement cradle-to-cradle producer...
Chapter 891 (AB 2901), also known as the Cell Phone Recycling Act of 2004, went into effect on July 1, 2006. The law requires manufacturers and California retailers and service providers to share in the responsibility for the collection and recycling of cell phones within the state. Companies without a take-back program can work with current business enterprises that provide collection and processing services as long as...
Chapter 526 (PDF file, 58KB), the Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 (SB 20) and the nation's first comprehensive electronics recycling policy, was signed into law on Sept 24, 2003. However, due to difficulties in establishing an efficient fee collection and remittal system for the Electronic Waste Recycling Fee, the Legislature passed AB 901 as an urgency measure, and the Governor signed the bill into law. AB 901 postponed the start date of the fee collection...
The Northwest Product Stewardship Council includes the states of Washington and Oregon. In an effort to harmonize legislation and programs along the west coast, we also track activities in California and British Columbia, Canada.
For Product Stewardship Legislation in other states visit:
State Chemicals Policy Database
Product Stewardship Institute
