Product Stewardship Institute Inc
Product Stewardship Institute Inc
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About this organization
Mission
At PSI, we believe consumer product companies should take responsibility for the environmental impacts and costs of their products, from product design all the way through end-of-life recycling and safe disposal. When everybody, including companies who make products, share the costs and responsibility of protecting our environment, products will be less toxic, less hazardous, and more easily recycled and reused. With each initiative we undertake, we strive to reduce waste, increase product reuse, and boost recycling while minimizing greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, and the use of toxic chemicals; minimize waste management costs, particularly for taxpayers and local governments; and support desirable green jobs.
About
Packaging & Marine Debris: In FY19, PSI continued our national education campaign-the Sustainable Packaging for a Circular Economy Initiative-to advance and promote product stewardship systems for packaging recovery and recycling. As part of this initiative, we developed a consensus-driven, evidence-based model for a packaging EPR program that can be implemented in the U.S. To develop this model, PSI facilitated a national workgroup of 5 dozen experts in packaging recovery and recycling. Through nine web meetings conducted between September 2018 and May 2019, PSI and these experts examined 20 distinct elements of an EPR program for packaging, made recommendations, debated alternatives, sought additional data and best practices, and developed consensus on a model program design which is captured in the Elements of a Model Packaging EPR Program. The Elements document clearly outlines each key element of a packaging EPR program, incorporates the latest best practices in packaging design incentives (e.g., modulated fees, lifecycle-based packaging assessment, and design for human behavior principles), provides additional recommended alternatives, and suggests key considerations for policy makers. In addition to developing the program model, PSI educated stakeholders through over 100 workshops, conference presentations, and one-on-one or small group conversations with key stakeholders across the U.S. These stakeholders included municipal CEOs such as the mayors and sanitation directors; state legislators and their policy staff; environmental advocates; local government officials managing recycling systems; state government officials conducting packaging stakeholder meetings and research; university students; members of the Can Manufacturers Association; and local recyclers and haulers, among others. PSI also developed a toolkit of educational resources about packaging stewardship, including three infographics, a white paper, fact sheets, a summary of the Elements document, and an educational slide deck. Supplementing this toolkit was a webinar entitled "Global Best Practices: Packaging EPR's Role in Advancing the Circular Economy" which attracted over 400 registrants. Additionally, PSI published two blog posts on packaging EPR, co-wrote an article on Clean Tax Cuts and EPR, wrote an article on how EPR for PPP can save municipalities money, and provided information and quotes to journalists of 10 articles about the state of packaging and printed paper recycling in America. Our results are most evident in the sheer number of PSI member states that last year made packaging a key focus of their environmental work, including further studying the issue and developing stewardship policies. These states include Vermont, Maine, New York, Oregon, Washington, California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Indiana. These nine states are at the forefront of product stewardship for packaging in part due to PSI's education, technical assistance, and coalition building work. In addition to advancing EPR for packaging, PSI provided education assistance to help reduce contamination in the recycling stream, technical expertise and facilitation services to support the development of evidence-based single-use bag policies, and technical support to help restaurants minimize their own generation of marine debris and plastic pollution. In Connecticut, PSI collaborated with local nonprofit organizations, haulers, recyclers, and state and local government officials to reduce contamination in the recycling stream from film plastics (plastic grocery bags and bagged recyclables) and from glass. PSI developed educational materials, published in an online toolkit, about how best to recycle glass and plastic film. PSI also seized the growing momentum toward plastic bag policies to bring pro- and anti- bag ban stakeholders together in dialogue, place the plastic bag issue into the larger context of the challenges facing recycling systems, and impart a nuanced understanding of the issues and evidence-based approaches for addressing them. The result was an informed and empowered leadership network of key stakeholders with the tools to address all film plastics, not just bags. Bag policy pressure cropped up in many states, including Massachusetts where, in the face of hundreds of local single-use bag policies and bans of different types, state legislators were poised to pass a statewide policy that did not have support from key stakeholders. PSI facilitated discussions among all the major environmental organizations, the retailer's association, and the Massachusetts Food Association, as well as local governments and reached consensus on a model bag policy that accommodated each group's primary needs. The group's consensus recommendations were taken into consideration in legislation put forth in the state senate. PSI also launched its third plastic pollution prevention project. The project will help restaurant owners in Buffalo, New York reduce use of single-use plastics, which contribute to marine debris, and will augment PSI's existing plastic reduction toolkit with new consumer education materials.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The filing clearly states the mission of the non-profit as “To safeguard the welfare of people and the planet by minimizing the health and environmental impacts of consumer products and packaging across their lifecycle. psi convenes key stakeholders from the private and public sectors to develop solutions in a collaborative manner with a focus on producers assuming primary financial and managerial responsibility for reusing, recycling, and safely managing the products they create.”.
When outlining its functions, they were explained as: “Psi's mission is to safeguard the welfare of people and the planet by minimizing the health and environmental impacts of consumer products and packaging across their lifecycle. psi convenes key stakeholders from the private and public sectors to develop solutions in a collaborative manner with a focus on producers assuming primary financial and managerial responsibility for reusing, recycling, and safely managing the products they create. psi is a nationally recognized leader with experience in more than 20 product categories that comprise the waste stream, including packaging, plastics, carpet, batteries, electronics, hhw, textiles, pharmaceuticals, sharps, paint and mattresses. with a robust membership base of 47 state governments and hundreds of local governments, as well as partnerships with 120 companies, organizations, universities, and non-u.s. governments, psi forges consensus around solutions that work for both business and the environment.”.
- In compliance with legal regulations, the non-profit has reported their state of operation as MA.
- The filing records the non-profit's address for 2020 as One Beacon Street Suite 1500, Boston, MA, 02108.
- As of 2020, the non-profit's form reports a total of 6 employees.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
- Revenue is between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
- Revenue less expenses is -$111,816.
- The organization has 14 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2004.
- The organization pays $583,816 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $0 in fundraising expenses.