May 16, 2012
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By Kathy Frevert, CalRecycle
[email protected], 916-341-6476
www.calrecycle.ca.gov/EPR
Extended Producer Responsibility
in Practice
Typical: Waste is a Local Responsibility
Producers LocalGov’t
Slide Courtesy of California Product Stewardship Council (with modification)
State Gov’t
Extended Producer Responsibility
Producers (brand owners) oversee
Slide Courtesy of California Product Stewardship Council (with modification)
Financing• EPR offers sustainable financing• Two types
– Cost internalization– Eco fees
• Advanced recycling fees ≠ eco-fees
• Key point: EPR = private sector management of material recovery programs, including financing
Ask: who handles the funds?
Stewardship Organizations/Mfrs
• Develop plans, fund and implement programs
• Determine financial approach• Report on progress• Adjust plan
State Government: Ensure Fairness
Oversight – Review and approve stewardship plans– List compliant manufacturers at website– Review annual reports
and check progress– Ability to assess civil penalties
to anyone in violation of anyprovision
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Retailers
• Only sell product that is covered under an approved plan
Presentations cover:
• Carpet• Mercury containing thermostats• Paint
• State and local government perspectives
Why Carpet?
Carpet: 3.2 percent of waste by volume in CA (2008) - top 10 item
Discarded carpet is a valuable resource!
Lack of financing hindered recycling
Carpet Recycling (AB 2398)
• Signed in 2010, industry supported, builds off national MOU (2002)
• Law addresses– goals, financing, enforcement– allows individual or collective programs
• CARE is the stewardship organization– Implementation started July 2011 – Submitted plan to CalRecycle, conditionally
approved Jan 2012.
Carpet Recycling Overview (AB 2398)
• Goals – Goals increase
• recycling of postconsumer carpet • diversion of postconsumer carpets from landfills• recyclability of carpets• incentivize the market growth of products made
from postconsumer carpet – Goals in stewardship plan approved by state– Plan conditionally approved, goals still under
consideration
Carpet Recycling Overview (AB 2398)
• Key stakeholders – Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE)– Manufacturers (Carpet Mills and Entrepreneurs)– Retailers/Distributors– Haulers/Collectors/Processors– Government: CalRecycle and local governments– Organizations: CPSC, RCRC, ESJPA, CAW, others
Carpet Recycling Overview (AB 2398)
• Financing– Collect assessment -5¢/sq yd, visible on all receipts
(July 2011-2016), about $5 million per yr– CARE distributes funds to
• Qualified carpet processors/entities• CalRecycle for oversight and enforcement
• Evaluation – Annual report to CalRecycle, independent audits of
program financing
Carpet Recycling Overview (AB 2398)
• Enforcement , may occur if: – Mfr/Stewardship Org doesn’t submit a complete plan
or annual report– Retailers sell product not covered under an approved
plan• Administrative Civil Penalties
– Up to $1,000/day; up to $10,000/day if the violation is intentional, knowing, negligent
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Key Implementation Dates
15Green = already occurred or is happening
Collect Initial Assessments July 1, 2011, visible on consumer receipt
Develop Regulation Jan. 26, 2012 approved by OAL
SO/Mfrs Submit Plan Sept. 25, 2011, resubmitted Dec. 29, 2011
CR Approves Plan Jan. 17, 2012 conditionally approved
Funds Distributed to Processors
Feb. 6, 2012, Q3, 2011, March 16, 2012, Q4
List of Compliant Mfrs on CR Website
July 1, 2012, and Jan. 1 and July 1 annually thereafter
SO/Mfrs Resubmit Plan Dec 31, 2012
Conditional Plan Approval
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• Revisit baseline, measurement methodology, and goals after one year of California-specific sales data
• Fully implement the rural pilots
• All audits performed in accordance with GAGAS
• Resubmit Plan by December 31, 2012.
Results July – Dec 2011
• 3500 Dealer and Retailer Kits distributed
• 80 Carpet Manufacturers Registered for CARE California Carpet Stewardship Plan– $2.5 Million Remitted by Manufacturers
• 50 Million square yards of carpet sold or shipped into California, July 1 –December 31, 2011
• 204 people directly employed in carpet recycling
Results: July – Dec 2011• 183 Million lbs carpet discarded in CA landfills
– 34 Million lbs Diverted (18%)– 13 Million lbs Recycled (7%)
• 16 Collectors and Processors (10 > 2010) • About 8 Processors requested funds • $703,000 distributed to Processors• Processors audited after Q3 2011
• Green design: e.g., Interface push for closed loop recycling (2012)
Key lessons learned so far…• Combustion of carpet residues – contentious issue• Must allow time to set up accounting systems • Data for baseline – challenging• Recycling services in rural areas - pilot underway• Flexibility – allow/plan for changing market factors• Need for coaching, e.g., communications between
collectors/haulers and processing facilities • Most everything takes more time than expected• Industry recognizes need to increase yields from
materials collected -- PET
CARE Carpet Contacts• Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE)
730 College Drive, Dalton, Georgia 30720
• Phone: 706-428-2127
• http://carpetrecovery.org/AB2398.php (California Carpet Stewardship)
• http://carpetrecovery.org/contact.php (sending in questions)
• OK to copy CalRecycle staff on messages.
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CalRecycle Carpet Contacts
• Kathy Frevert [email protected]
• Fareed [email protected] (916) 341-6482
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First CA-EPR LawMercury Thermostat Collection
Act of 2008
Neena Sahasrabudhe
DTSC 22
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Manufacturer Requirement
• Manufacturer or a group of manufacturers operate a program
• Provide bins to collection centers/ businesses
• Cover recycling process including cost
• On April 1,2010 onwards submit a annual report to the Department
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Manufacturers Were Required
To Submit survey plan and methodology for a survey in March 2009
• To provide statistically valid data on the number of mercury-added thermostats that become waste annually in California
• Outreach and education till December 2011–Provide education and outreach materials
to wholesalers, retailers and others –Develop PSA
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Existing Requirements
• Mercury containing thermostats have
• Sales ban since 2006
• Disposal ban
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Who Else Is Responsible?
• HVAC** Contractors• Demolishing Contractors• Wholesalers• Retailers• HHWCF/ Collection Business• Home Owners• Any person who handles thermostats
** Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning
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How are we doing?Recent Annual Report (2011)- TRC collected• 18,697 intact mercury thermostats and• 255.84 pounds of mercury• Number higher compared to 2010 report
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TRC Collection so far……
Year of Collection 2009 2010 2011
Thermostats 7,542 13,340 18,697
Pounds of mercury 104.82 185.80 255.84
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Compared to SERA* Report
• *Skumatz Economic Research Associates
Collection Year 2009 2010 2011
TRC data(Thermostats collected)
7,542 13,340 18,697
Available for recycling(SERA Estimates)
237,000
233,000 222,000
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DTSC Efforts
• Outreach since 2008• Web postings, video, • Published information • Other state departments informed
• On field- 2010,2011 • TWO DTSC reports on the study found
• Very few wholesalers involved• Inadequate manufacturer outreach and education• Contractors and businesses do not want excess
burden
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DTSC Regulations• Shared previous draft and DTSC listened to
all parties during the process • Attempt is made to find aggressive and
achievable balance • New draft -April 2012 under internal review
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What’s New?
• Daft regulations use manufacturer survey SERA study
• The department may order a manufacturer, or a group of manufacturers operating the program, to revise its program
• Department may undertake actions for its compliance
• No additional burden on businesses
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Thermostats at National LevelStates with mandated programs- California, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Montana, NewHampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont
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Data for 2011 (Annual Reports)STATE Total Intact
ThermostatsPounds of Mercury
CALIFORNIA 18697 255.84
ILLINOIS 7229 58.53
IOWA 3850 31.63
MAINE 6616 46.36
MONTANA 274 3.46
RHODE ISLAND 1068 10.32
VERMONT 3572 25.37
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Pounds PER CAPITA of Mercury Recovered
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How to Improve?
• Awareness
• Access to program
• Accountability
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What May Help?
• Payment
• Participation
• Performance
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California’sPaint Stewardship Law
2012 Used Oil + HHW + WSPPN Training & ConferenceMay 16, 2012
By Cynthia Dunn
Why Paint?
• Almost 1/3 of the HHW collected through local HHW programs (2011)
• Costs local government millions of $ to manage
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My Reasons…
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Paint StewardshipLaw (AB1343)• Manufacturers design, fund, and implement their
program, individually or collectively• Manufacturers submit plan to CalRecycle for
approval, including assessment to finance program• Retailers only sell products covered
under an approved plan• Manufacturers submit annual reports
to CalRecycle 43
Key Stakeholders
• PaintCare/Manufacturers• Retailers• Service Providers
• Haulers/Collectors/Processors• Government: Local governments & CalRecycle
• Other Organizations/Entities:E.g., ACA, CPSC, RCRC, ESJPA, CAW, DTSC, CUPAs44
CalRecycle’sResponsibilities under AB 1343
• Review and approve stewardship plans• Post list of compliant manufacturers on
website• Review annual reports• Ensure a level playing field among
manufacturers45
Goals
Determined by manufacturers, can be revised by manufacturers, but must:
• Reduce the generation of postconsumer architectural paint;
• Promote the reuse of postconsumer architectural paint; and
• Properly manage postconsumer architectural paint at end-of-life 46
Financing• Program financed through an assessment on
price of paint• Manufacturers collect assessment from
retailers and distributors who recover the assessment from consumers
• Expect about $25 – 35 million to be collected annually by manufacturers
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FinancingProposed Assessment:
½ pint or less $0.00> ½ pint to 1 quart $0.35> 1 quart to 1 gallon $0.75> 1 gal to 5 gal $1.60
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Activitiesto-Date
PaintCare• Preparing for program roll-out
• Assessing infrastructure• Establishing contracts with service providers• Developing public relations campaign
CalRecycle• Reviewing plan and CEQA impacts• Finalizing regulations to implement its responsibilities
(est. final in early June 2012)49
Key UpcomingDates
June 2012 – CalRecycle regulations become effective
July 1 2012 – CalRecycle approves/disapproves plan
October 1, 2012 – PaintCare implements approved
plan
September 1, 2013 – PaintCare submits annual report50
PaintCareContacts
Marjaneh Zarrehparvar, Executive [email protected], (202) 719-3683
Paul [email protected], (415) 606-3211
www.paintcare.org 51
CalRecycleContacts
Emily Wang [email protected] 916-322-2888
Cynthia [email protected] (916) 341-6449
www.calrecycle.ca.gov/EPR/PolicyLaw/Paint.htm 52