[OKC] FW: Announcing Product Stewardship Institute's Spring 2010 Informational Networking Conference Calls

Shauna Lawyer Struby sstruby at cox.net
Wed Apr 28 07:07:54 PDT 2010 

The Product Stewardship Institute's Networking Conference Calls are free for
all local & tribal governments in Oklahoma, thanks to funds provided by the
Oklahoma DEQ. Please register for the calls as a "Full Member" to receive
the free calls. 

 

Companies and organizations may pay to participate in the calls, or receive
discounts or free calls by becoming
<http://www.productstewardship.us/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=632>
partners of PSI.

 

Please excuse any cross-postings.

PSI is excited to announce the upcoming Spring 2010 Informational Networking
Conference Calls!  Please forward this information to anyone you believe
would be interested in these calls.  These Networking Calls are free to PSI
Members and Corporate Sustaining Partners!

 

 <http://www.productstewardship.us/cde.cfm?event=291715> CLICK HERE TO
REGISTER AND PARTICIPATE IN THESE CALLS

 

 

Our next Networking Conference Call will be on:  

 <http://www.productstewardship.us/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=666>
The Life of a Solar Panel: Minimizing Environmental Impact

Wednesday April 21st, 2010 

1:00 - 2:30 PM EST / 10:00 - 11:30 AM PST 

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Presenters Dustin Mulvaney (University of California at Berkeley), Ben
Santarris (SolarWorld Industries America), and Sheila Davis (Silicon Valley
Toxics Coalition) will discuss the life cycle impacts of solar panels and
ways companies and policy makers can reduce those impacts.

 

Additional PSI's Spring 2010 calls will cover the following topics:

 

 <http://www.productstewardship.us/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=674>
Plastic Bags:  What's the Fuss?  What's the Cure?

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

1:00 - 2:30 PM EST / 10:00 - 11:30 AM PST

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Presenters Phil Bobel (City of Palo Alto), Jerry Fleagle (Iowa Grocery
Industry Association), and Carol Misseldine (Green Cities California) will
explore a range of policy and program approaches currently being implemented
by policy makers, companies, and advocates alike.

 

 <http://www.productstewardship.us/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=676>
Safer Cosmetic Products:  Product Stewardship Meets Chemicals Policy

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

12:00 - 1:30 PM EST / 9:00 - 10:30 AM PST

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Ken Cook and Jane Houlihan (Environmental Working Group) along with Lisa
Archer (Breast Cancer Fund) will introduce you to the safer cosmetics
movement, risks associated with cosmetics products, and companies that have
joined the Compact for Safe Cosmetics.  

 

 <http://www.productstewardship.us/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=668>
Managing Food Waste: Opportunities for Product Stewardship 

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

1:00 - 2:30 PM EST / 10:00 - 11:30 AM PST

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Leftover food is the single largest component of solid waste resulting in
$1billion in disposal costs annually. This call will explore how a product
stewardship approach can reduce food waste and increase composting.  Morgan
Harriman and Sumner Martinson (MA Department of Environmental Protection),
Lorenzo Macaluso (Center for Ecological Technology), and Hermine Weston
(Shriners Hospital) will present on this call.

 

 <http://www.productstewardship.us/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=670>
Product Stewardship Laws for Electronics in the U.S.: Learning Through
Experience 

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

2:00 - 3:30 PM EST / 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PST

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There are now 20 electronics product stewardship laws in America, many of
which are viewed as models for producer responsibility systems for other
products. This call will review the performance of 5 state programs (ME, WA,
CA, OR, and MN) and discuss lessons learned.  Garth Hickle (MN Pollution
Control Agency), Kathy Kiwala (OR Department of Environmental Quality),
Miles Kunz (WA Department of Ecology), Carole Cifrino (ME Department of
Environmental Protection), and Jeff Hunts (CA Department of Resources
Recycling and Recovery) will present.

 

 <http://www.productstewardship.us/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=678>
Life Cycle Thinking for Product Stewardship Professionals

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

1:00 - 2:30 PM EST / 10:00 - 11:30 AM PST

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Life cycle assessment (LCA) can be used to compare various product
end-of-life management strategies and is becoming increasingly prevalent in
managing, reporting, and reducing GHG inventories. This call will provide an
overview of LCA and its many applications.  Presenters include Jon Dettling
(Quantis), Susan Thorneloe (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), and Laura
Draucker (World Resources Institute).  

 

Here is the link:   www.productstewardship.us/networkingcalls

 

Ready to register?   <http://www.productstewardship.us/cde.cfm?event=291715>
Click here to register and participate in these calls 

Questions?  Contact Lisa Gould, PSI, at lisa at productstewardship.us.

 

Please help us by forwarding this email below to your colleagues or to a
distribution list so that it would reach those who would benefit from these
calls.  Thanks!

 

Want to know more about product stewardship?  Interested in
<http://www.productstewardship.us/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=579>
Product Stewardship 101?  Over 130 joined us for the call on this topic! If
you are interested in hearing this call for free, go to the website for
Product
<http://www.productstewardship.us/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=579>
Stewardship 101 to access the call from the Fall 2009 Series.

 

 <http://www.productstewardship.us/> The Product Stewardship Institute (PSI)
is a national non-profit environmental institute with membership from 45
states, over 150 local governments, tribes, and more than 55 businesses,
organizations and universities working to establish cooperative agreements
to reduce the health and environmental impacts from consumer products. 

 

Consumer products are growing in number and complexity, and their
environmental impacts pose long-term challenges for state and local
governments at a time when agency resources have diminished.  PSI represents
the interests of state and local governments in product policy and seeks to
shift responsibility for managing products at end-of-life from governments
to producers, thus saving money on local waste management costs. Product
stewardship, however, cannot be achieved without private sector leadership.
PSI partners with corporations, organizations and academic institutions that
support our mission and recognize our Principles
<http://www.productstewardship.us/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=231>
of Product Stewardship, which include producer responsibility. 

 

Please forward this information to anyone you believe would be interested in
these calls.  These Networking Calls are free to PSI Members!

 

 

 

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