PSI National Dialogue on Fluorescent Lighting

© Product Stewardship Institute, Inc. Overall Dialogue Goal: Fluorescent Lighting Promote use of energy efficient lighting while eliminating or reducing the amount of mercury and other toxins entering the environment during the lifecycle of fluorescent lamps. 2

© Product Stewardship Institute, Inc. Specific Dialogue Goals Reduce environmental impact of manufacture of fluorescent lighting. Increase manufacture and procurement of environmentally preferable lighting. Maximize safe collection and recycling of spent lamps from households and businesses. Develop nationally-coordinated system that is financially sustainable. 3

Dialogue Participants 4

© Product Stewardship Institute, Inc. Dialogue Participants Manufacturers: GE, OSRAM-SYLVANIA, NEMA, Philips Recyclers: ALMR, EcoLights, WM/LampTracker Environmental organizations: Mercury Policy Project, NEWMOA, WCRC, Women’s Voices for the Earth, Sierra Club 5

© Product Stewardship Institute, Inc. Dialogue Process Action Plan 3 in person meetings Infrastructure Workgroup – Focused on collection infrastructure for consumer sector – Commercial sector infrastructure exists and will grow with demand Bans & Enforcement Workgroup – Promoting education & enforcement of existing bans – Promoting disposal bans in more states Financing Workgroup 6

© Product Stewardship Institute, Inc. Areas of Agreement Promote use of fluorescent lamps (for now) All fluorescent lamps should be recycled – Not just those exciting little curvy ones! – Comprehensive bans only w/ certain caveats Commercial: – Infrastructure & financing systems in place Residential/small business: – Infrastructure & financing needed; not gov’t 7

© Product Stewardship Institute, Inc. State Legislative Sessions PSI provided letters of support/comment and in-person testimony -CA* -MA -ME -OR -WA NEMA withdrew from dialogue PSI follow-up items 9

Other Activities “7 Steps to Retail Collection” Disposal bans document 10

Other Activit “7 Steps to Retail Collection” Disposal bans document 11

© Product Stewardship Institute, Inc. Next Steps “No airfare” dialogue process continues – Breakage (use, collection/transport) – Commercial sector recycling – Hg export ban impacts? – Hg content – LEDs as next generation – Promote retail collection 12

© Product Stewardship Institute, Inc. Funders Washington Department of Ecology U.S. EPA Regions 5 & 8 Many sponsorships! – Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County – NEMA – Snohomish County – UT Department of Environmental Quality – Veolia – Wal-Mart – Waste Management/LampTracker 13

As goes Maine…so goes the nation!