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Joyride: Pedaling Toward a Healthier Planet
Bill Sheehan co-founded the Product Policy Institute with Helen Spiegelman in 2003 and serves as its Executive Director. Bill advocates for public policy that protects public health and safety and slows climate change by encouraging waste prevention, clean production and reduced use of toxics in products. He developed, with Spiegelman, a historical analysis that showed how municipal recycling and waste management services enable product manufacturers to design and sell goods without considering disposal costs and impacts.
Since 2005, Bill has worked with local governments, communities and NGOs to bring "extended producer responsibility" (EPR) policies to the U.S. to spur green product design. This work resulted in the formation of local government Product Stewardship Councils in California, New York, Texas and Vermont; he is working in several other states to form Councils. Bill holds a Ph.D. in ecology from Cornell University.
"What's really exciting to me is that we see the change in how waste is managed ripple all the way up the food chain to change the unsustainable production and consumption system."
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Post Carbon Institute Products and Waste Fellow Bill Sheehan co-founded the Product Policy Institute with Helen Spiegelman in 2003 and serves as its Executive Director. Bill advocates for public policy that protects public health and safety and slows climate change by encouraging waste prevention, clean production and reduced use of toxics in products. He developed, with Spiegelman, a historical analysis that showed how municipal recycling and waste management services enable product manufacturers to design and sell goods without considering disposal costs and impacts.
Since 2005, Bill has worked with local governments, communities and NGOs to bring "extended producer responsibility" (EPR) policies to the U.S. to spur green product design. This work resulted in the formation of local government Product Stewardship Councils in California, New York, Texas and Vermont; he is working in several other states to form Councils. Bill holds a Ph.D. in ecology from Cornell University.
The EPA has published a draft update of the US Greenhouse Gas Inventory (1990 – 2008). This is a great opportunity for your voice to make a difference and get systems/ consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions added to … >>
EXCERPT: We in rich contries have almost lost the ability to supply our own needs through local manufacturing and agriculture--or even to extend the life of products through reuse, repair and repurposing. We rely … >>
How do population, water, energy, food, and climate issues impact one another? What can we do to address one problem without making the others worse? The Post Carbon Reader features essays by some of the world’s most … >>
Post Carbon Fellow Bill Sheehan was quoted in this article from The Environmental Magazine on how the beverage industry is hijacking Extended Producer Responsibility waste standards. From the article: Can something be … >>
Richard Heinberg explains why we've hit the end of economic growth as we've known it, and what life can be like after growth.
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