The Safe Chemicals Act of 2013, S 696, introduced by Senator Lautenberg and Senator Gillibrand on April 10, 2013, would reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and limit the use of chemicals linked to cancer and other illnesses. Read a...
Legislation: U.S. Federal
Status:
Proposed
Type:
Bill
Date:
June, 2011
The Safe Cosmetics Act of 2011, HR 2359, was introduced by Rep. Schakowsky in June 2011 and referred to subcommittee in September 2011. The Safe Cosmetics Act would amend the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to regulate cosmetics by Health and Human Services including requiring labeling and ingredient identification.
Status:
Proposed
Type:
Bill
Date:
June, 2011
HR 2284, the Responsible Electronics Recycling Act (and its Senate counterpart, S1270), introduced into the US House of Representatives in June 2011, would prohibit the export from the United States of certain electronic wastes, beginning twenty four months after enactment. The bill restricts the export of...
Status:
Failed
Type:
Bill
Date:
April, 2011
The Safe Chemicals Act of 2011 (S. 847), introduced by Senator Frank Lautenberg on April 14, 2011, to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA) was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Similar legislation to revise TSCA was introduced in 2010 and did not advance: the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010 ...
Status:
Proposed
Type:
Bill
Date:
June, 2009
The Household Product Labeling Act of 2009 (HR 3057 / S 1697), introduced in June of 2009, would require any household cleaning product or similar product to bear a label on the product's container or packaging that contains a complete and accurate list of all the product's ingredients. Those without proper labeling would be treated as a misbranded hazardous substance under the Federal Hazardous...
Status:
Passed
Type:
Law
Date:
October, 2008
US Legislation: Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008 (S 906), known as the Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008, was signed into law on October 14, 2008 as Public Law No: 110-414. The law prohibits the export of elemental mercury from the United States beginning on January 1, 2010. The law also prohibits all federal agencies from selling or distributing mercury to agencies and private parties, require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to...
Status:
Passed
Type:
Law
Date:
August, 2008
The US Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (HR 4040) became Public Law No: 110-314 on August 14, 2008. In 1972, Congress passed the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA), which created the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), to protect the public against unreasonable risks associated with consumer products. The new law improves the CPSA by establishing standards related to children’s product safety including a new limit for lead...
Status:
Failed
Type:
Other
Date:
July, 2008
Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Chairman Gene Green (D-Texas) introduced House Resolution 1395 on July 31, 2008 which expresses opposition to federal policy which allows toxic electronic waste to be exported to developing countries. The resolution also encourages the US to join other developed nations which ban the export of such material. Hazardous waste export is regulated by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, yet the...
Status:
Type:
Other
Date:
April, 2008
In 2008, California Representative Mike Thompson (D) founded the bi-partisan Congressional E-Waste Working Group to work on standardizing national laws for recycling and disposing of discarded electronic and computer equipment. The group created a concept paper (PDF file, 180KB) that describes an electronics producer responsibility model as a means of financing the collection and recycling of discarded...
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:
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