1. What are the financial
benefits of product
stewardship?
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2. The cyclical system
created by product
stewardship creates
jobs and saves
taxpayer money.
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3. By closing the loop to reuse materials we create
local jobs to collect, sort, refurbish
and recycle materials.
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4. Recycling creates more than 10 times
the number of jobs created by disposing of goods
in a landfill
Turning old paint..
Into
new
paint
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5. Greening the way we do business
can create opportunities for
business innovation
• the sustainablepackaging industry is set to
become a $143 billion dollar industry by 2015 (globally)
• the electronics recycling
industry was over $1.5
billion dollar industry in
the U.S. 2005 and is
growing rapidly
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6. Why are we concerned about
government saving money?
Governments
spend millions of
tax dollars each
year to manage
household
hazardous waste
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7. EPR shifts the costs and
responsibility off
government and
taxpayers.
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8. Safely Collecting these
goods,
• Keep toxics out of
our environment
• Recover materials
which can reduce the
need for new virgin
materials
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