Packaging Presentations
Life Cycle Assessment presentation to the Northwest Product Stewardship Council (NWPSC) steering committee
GreenBlue presented an introduction to Life Cycle Assessment, sustainable packaging and recycling decisions (PDF) to the Northwest Product Stewardship Council on March 18, 2019.
Recycle BC: presentations about British Columbia's packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR)
- Overview of Recycle BC packaging EPR program (PDF), August 2018
- Recycle BC presentation at Washington State Recycling Association (WSRA) conference (PDF), May 2018
- King County presentation on touring Recycle BC with Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) (PDF), September 2016
Oregon Bottle Bill presentation to NWPSC steering committee
The Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative, which manages Oregon's "Bottle Bill" return program, gave a presentation (PDF) on the past and future of the program to the Northwest Product Stewardship Council on Oct. 16, 2017.
PSI webinar - A 'Package' Deal: Europe's Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance
Listen to the recording of this Nov. 20, 2013 webinar (free for PSI members/partners), as managing director of EXPRA, Joachim Quoden, and Prof. Thomas Lindhqvist, who coined the term Extended Producer Responsibility in 1990, provide an overview of how producer responsibility for packaging is a proven concept in more than 30 European countries, and an update on EPR legislation in Europe.
NWPSC Tours MicroGREEN Polymers
Brand New Technology Yields PET Cups From Recycled Resin: Oct. 15, 2013 tour of MicroGREEN Polymers in Arlington, WA.
- presentation by Alan Blake (PDF), Executive Director of PAC NEXT
- presentation by Dick Lilly (PDF), Seattle Public Utilities and Chair, NWPSC Packaging Committee
PAC Next: A World Without Packaging Waste (PDF)
Nina Goodrich, PAC NEXT. October 2011.
Beverage Container Recycling Educational Conference Calls
The NWPSC and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 held a series of educational conference calls to explore ways that beverage container recycling could be increased by employing the product stewardship principles of shared responsibility.
Conference Call - Dec 21, 2006: Public/Private Partnerships in BC and Technology
- Encorp Pacific, Canada (PPT)
- TOMRA (PPT)
Conference Call - Nov 8, 2006: Data and Contamination Issues
- Beverage Container Data and Contamination Issues (PPT)
- ReTrac (PPT)
- Beverage Container Recovery in Australia (PPT)
Conference Call - Nov 1, 2006: Innovative Beverage Container Recycling Programs
