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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>The
Product Stewardship Institute’s Networking Conference Calls are <b>free
for all local & tribal governments</b> in Oklahoma, thanks to funds
provided by the Oklahoma DEQ. <i>Please register for the calls as a “Full
Member” to receive the free calls<span style='color:#1F497D'>.</span></i></span><span
style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>Companies</span></b><span
style='color:#1F497D'> and <b>organizations </b>may pay to participate in the
calls, or receive discounts or free calls by <a
href="http://www.productstewardship.us/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=632">becoming
partners</a> of PSI.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center;
text-indent:-31.5pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Please
excuse any cross-postings.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>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!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center;
text-indent:-31.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.productstewardship.us/cde.cfm?event=291715"><b>CLICK HERE TO
REGISTER AND PARTICIPATE IN THESE CALLS</b></a><b><u><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-31.5pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Our next Networking Conference Call will be on: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-31.5pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.productstewardship.us/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=666"><b>The
Life of a Solar Panel: Minimizing Environmental Impact</b></a><b><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-31.5pt'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Wednesday April 21<sup>st</sup>, 2010 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-31.5pt'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>1:00 - 2:30 PM EST / 10:00 - 11:30 AM PST</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-31.5pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><img border=0 width=63 height=57 id="Picture_x0020_0"
src="cid:image013.jpg@01CADBC9.2351BFF0" alt="solar_panel_recycling.jpg"><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center;
text-indent:-31.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Additional
PSI’s Spring 2010 calls will cover the following topics:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-31.5pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.productstewardship.us/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=674"><b>Plastic
Bags: What’s the Fuss? What’s the Cure?</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-31.5pt'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Thursday, May 6<sup>th</sup>, 2010</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-31.5pt'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>1:00 - 2:30 PM EST / 10:00 - 11:30 AM PST<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-31.5pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><img
border=0 width=65 height=58 id="Picture_x0020_3"
src="cid:image014.jpg@01CADBC9.2351BFF0" alt="globe_plastic_bag_thumbnail.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.productstewardship.us/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=676"><b>Safer
Cosmetic Products: Product Stewardship Meets Chemicals Policy</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>Wednesday, May 12<sup>th</sup>, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>12:00 - 1:30 PM EST / 9:00 - 10:30 AM PST<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><img border=0
width=65 height=57 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image015.jpg@01CADBC9.2351BFF0"
alt="cosmetics_thumbnail_1.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.productstewardship.us/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=668"><b>Managing
Food Waste: Opportunities for Product Stewardship</b></a><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>Tuesday, May 25<sup>th</sup>, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>1:00 - 2:30 PM EST / 10:00 - 11:30 AM PST<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><img border=0
width=65 height=58 id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image016.jpg@01CADBC9.2351BFF0"
alt="compost_TUB_thumbnail.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.productstewardship.us/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=670"><b>Product
Stewardship Laws for Electronics in the U.S.: Learning Through Experience</b></a><b>
<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>Thursday, June 3<sup>rd</sup>, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>2:00 - 3:30 PM EST / 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PST<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><img border=0
width=62 height=58 id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image017.jpg@01CADBC9.2351BFF0"
alt=electronicSmallEnuf.jpg><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.productstewardship.us/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=678"><b>Life
Cycle Thinking for Product Stewardship Professionals</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>Wednesday, June 9<sup>th</sup>, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>1:00 - 2:30 PM EST / 10:00 - 11:30 AM PST<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><img border=0
width=59 height=54 id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image018.jpg@01CADBC9.2351BFF0"
alt="product_life_cycle_thumbnail.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>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). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Here
is the link: <a
href="http://www.productstewardship.us/networkingcalls">www.productstewardship.us/networkingcalls</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>Ready to register? </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.productstewardship.us/cde.cfm?event=291715"><b>Click here to
register and participate in these calls</b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>Questions? Contact Lisa Gould, PSI, at </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:lisa@productstewardship.us">lisa@productstewardship.us</a><span
style='color:black'>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>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!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Want
to know more about product stewardship? Interested in <a
href="http://www.productstewardship.us/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=579"><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Product Stewardship 101</span></a>?
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 <a
href="http://www.productstewardship.us/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=579">Product
Stewardship 101</a> to access the call from the Fall 2009 Series.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.productstewardship.us/"><b>The Product Stewardship Institute</b></a><b>
</b>(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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>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 <i><a
href="http://www.productstewardship.us/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=231">Principles
of Product Stewardship</a>,</i> which include producer responsibility. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Please forward this information to anyone you believe would
be interested in these calls. These Networking Calls are free to PSI
Members!<o:p></o:p></p>
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