AB 403 would require pharmaceutical manufacturers to develop and implement a recovery program to reduce the generation of, and manage the end-of-life of, home-generated sharps.
SB 254, the Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Act, introduced by Senator Hancock, would require mattress manufacturers to create and finance a mattress recovery and recycling system.
Assembly Bill 488, would require producers of household batteries, including primary and rechargeable batteries "weighing two kilograms or less," to develop, finance and implement a battery stewardship program.
The North American Hazardous Materials Management Association advocates for comprehensive state product policy legislation. NAHMMA is in support of legislation establishing paint stewardship systems and believes that paint stewardship legislation, and subsequent rulemaking, must incorporate the principles outlined in this policy statement.
The National Association of Counties adopted a resolution in 2008 supporting an Extended Producer Responsibility Framework Approach (PDF file, 11KB) and readopted it in 2009. The resolution supports the creation of effective producer-lead reduction, reuse and recycling programs, to deal with a product’s lifecycle impacts from design through end of life management, without relying solely on state and local governments.
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO) released a framework policy document in October 2009. (PDF file, 60 KB)
