Exploring Battery & Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Extended Producer Responsibility

Hear from North America’s leading experts on batteries and household hazardous waste (HHW) extended producer responsibility (EPR). Learn about the key successes and challenges in these existing programs, including: the collection infrastructure, the materials they cover and the funding structure. There will be an opportunity to discuss how these programs could translate to Colorado’s landscape.
This session is for any stakeholders involved in or impacted by the production, sale, collection or processing of HHW and or batteries including jurisdictions that do not currently operate collection facilities for these materials. Recycle Colorado membership not necessary to attend. Register to join the conversation.
Speakers confirmed:
- Overview of battery and HHW EPR in North America - Lelande Rehard, Policy Analyst, Product Stewardship Institute
- Battery and HHW EPR in Vermont - Jen Holliday, Director of Public Policy & Communications, Chittenden Solid Waste District
- Battery EPR Legislative Perspective in Illinois - Christina Seibert, Executive Director, Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County
- HHW EPR in Canada, Jodi Tomchyshyn, Independent Consultant
- Battery EPR in California - Nick Lapis, Californians Against Waste