PSI Wins EPA Environmental Merit Award
PSI recently received an Environmental Merit Award from the New England Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in recognition of its exceptional work and commitment to the environment in 2011. EPA’s Environmental Merit Awards recognizes outstanding environmental advocates who have made significant contributions toward preserving and protecting our natural resources.
Register Today for PSI's 13th Webinar Series!
Webinar Topics:
1. Emerging Options for Simplified Lifecycle Analyses
2. Evaluating New York's E-waste Program
3. Voluntary and Mandatory Product Stewardship Programs
4. Coca-Cola's PlantBottle Packaging
Electronics Recycling in NY - One Year Later
In partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council, PSI recently completed a preliminary analysis on New York State’s electronics producer responsibility program, finding that it made significant progress in expanding collection locations across the state and helped to alleviate the financial burden on local governments. In 2010, New York was the 22nd state to pass an extended producer responsibility law for electronics.
GLRI Pharmaceuticals Summit
Register today for the Great Lakes Pharmaceutical Summit, taking place June 7-8 in Chicago, IL. Hosted by PSI and the University of Wisconsin Extension, the summit will address emerging issues in pharmaceuticals stewardship in the Great Lakes region and discuss emerging policies for addressing these problems in the Great Lakes. Policymakers and other key stakeholders from around the region are invited to attend.
PSI Launches Advisory Council
The PSI Advisory Council summons the talents, knowledge, influence, and social conscience of major public figures engaged in product stewardship. Meet this eclectic and dynamic group of individuals with a shared passion for revolutionizing product policy.
EPR LegislationThe Product Stewardship Institute (PSI) is a national non-profit membership-based organization located in Boston, Massachusetts. PSI works with state and local government agencies to partner with manufacturers, retailers, environmental groups, federal agencies, and other key stakeholders to reduce the health and environmental impacts of consumer products. PSI takes a unique product stewardship approach to solving waste management problems by encouraging product design changes and mediating stakeholder dialogues.
What Is Product Stewardship?
Product Stewardship is the act of minimizing health, safety, environmental and social impacts, and maximizing economic benefits of a product and its packaging throughout all lifecycle stages. The producer of the product has the greatest ability to minimize adverse impacts, but other stakeholders, such as suppliers, retailers, and consumers, also play a role. Stewardship can be either voluntary or required by law.
What Is Extended Producer Responsibility?
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a mandatory type of product stewardship that includes, at a minimum, the requirement that the producer’s responsibility for their product extends to post-consumer management of that product and its packaging. There are two related features of EPR policy: (1) shifting financial and management responsibility, with government oversight, upstream to the producer and away from the public sector; and (2) providing incentives to producers to incorporate environmental considerations into the design of their products and packaging.
What We Do
Using the Principles of Product Stewardship as its guide, PSI offers the following services:
- Research, Pilot Projects, and Evaluation
- Facilitation and Consensus Building
- Legislative Tracking, Analysis, and Advocacy
- Build Product Stewardship Capacity through Education and Empowerment