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GlobalPSC 2013 Highlights and Holiday Greetings

 
 
 
 
2013 was an especially active year for the Global Product Stewardship Council, with a significant expansion in membership, further program research and facilitation, and expanded outreach in Asia and North America. Some of the GlobalPSC’s 2013 highlights include the following.
MEMBERSHIP GROWTH

• Grew to over 50 members with headquarters or facilities in 11 countries
• In addition to a high membership renewal rate, we’ve had a solid surge of new members joining:
  • DHL Supply Chain
  • TechCollect (Australia)
  • PaintCare (USA)
  • Reclay StewardEdge (North America)
  • Product Care Association (Canada and USA)
  • 3R Group (New Zealand)
  • California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) (USA)
  • Metro Vancouver (Canada)
  • Waste Recycling Industry Association of Queensland (Australia)
  • Product Stewardship Society (USA)
  • Recycling Reinvented (USA)
  • Stewardship Italy
  • Sustainable Resource Use (Australia)
  • Greenstreets Environmental Resources (Australia)
  • ProductWise (Australia)
  • GreenMoney (Australia)
  • eDay New Zealand Trust

MEMBERSHIP SERVICES

• Expanded Knowledge Base featuring members-only access to targeted analysis, research, presentations and other information
• Invitation-only and complimentary-registration events featuring international experts
• Expanded social media and networking opportunities including:
• significant expansion and uptake of member profiles
• discussions with over 1,000 members from 45 countries in a public forum on LinkedIn
• A members-only Twitter feed and over 400 followers on Twitter
• increased presence through Facebook, Youtube and our home page

OUTREACH ACHIEVEMENTS

• Provided the Council’s perspective through presentations and participation in events in Taiwan, Singapore, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
• Brought global leaders on product-specific producer responsibility collection and reprocessing initiatives together to help identify and learn from international best practice to assist Australia’s efforts to develop national product stewardship approaches for batteries, paint and other materials
• Research and advice on the Case for Voluntary Paint Stewardship for Sustainability Victoria
• Input on the Business and Public Policy Case for Battery Stewardship (Handheld Batteries) report for Sustainability Victoria
• Conducted product stewardship study tours of recycling programs for electronics and plastics in Taiwan, Singapore, the US and Canada

We’d like to thank everyone that’s made such an eventful 2013 possible, especially our members, speakers and attendees at GlobalPSC events.
We’d also like to extend our best wishes over the holidays and wish you a happy and prosperous 2014.

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