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HOME > CLEAN COMPUTER CAMPAIGN > ERIT PRINCIPLES

ERIT Principles of Extended Producer Responsibility

Electronic Responsibility Initiatives Taskforce - April 28, 2000
  • Zero Waste Principle:
    Set a goal of zero waste of electronic products going to landfills or burning by 2006

  • Polluter Pays Principle:
    Internalize "end-of-life" management cost into the costs of producing products

  • Design for the Environment:
    Producers must accept environmental and health responsibilities proportional to technical innovation goals; and phase out persistent, bioaccumulative toxics from their products

  • Infrastructure Development:
    Develop effective infrastructure for reuse, recovery, and recycling Work with all stakeholders to develop and demonstrate best practices Encourage investment in domestic re-use, recovery and recycling processing systems

  • Ban Waste Trade:
    Prohibit shipping hazardous materials overseas that violate the Basel Convention

  • Implement Improved Environmental, Health and Safety Practices:
    Develop improved worker health and safety and environmental protection standards for vendors throughout the product chain in the U.S. as well as in facilities overseas

  • Close the Loop:
    Incorporate recovered materials into new products. Develop closed materials cycles.

  • Green Procurement:
    Develop "Green procurement" strategies and Environmentally Preferable Purchasing programs within government and throughout the entire product chain

    For more information, contact:
    **Ted Smith, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, tsmith@svtc.org, 408-287-6707
    **Sheila Davis, Materials for the Future, sheliadavis@materials4future.org, 415-561-6530,
    **Ann Schneider, CRRA & RraRC, schneiderann@juno.com, (650) 962-0404

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    Fax: +1 408-287-6771   e-mail: svtc@svtc.org