CC Resolution 10019
RESOLUTION NO.
10019
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMPBELL
SUPPORTING PRODUCT STEW ARDSIDP FOR ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURERS
AND SUPPORTING LEGISLATION REQUIRING PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY
FOR CATHODE RAY TUBES (CRTs)
WHEREAS, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control has recently affirmed that
products containing cathode ray tubes (CRTs) such as those found in televisions and computer
monitors, are hazardous materials; and
WHEREAS, CRTs are prohibited from disposal at municipal landfills, and electronic products
contain lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polyvinyl chloride, brominated flame
retardant and other materials that can pose hazards to human health and the environment when
handled improperly; and
WHEREAS, responsible management of electronic discards is an increasing problem, with more
than 6,000 computers becoming obsolete in California every day, and 3.2 million tons of
electronic waste ending up in United States landfills in1997; and
WHEREAS, only 14% of personal computers that became obsolete in 1998 were recycled or
refurbished; and
WHEREAS, in the interest oflong-term economic health, resource sustainability, environmental
protection, public health and safety, and limiting government's future liability, it is desirable to
support efforts that extend manufacturer responsibility for goods and products to include their
final disposition; and
WHEREAS, extended producer responsibility principles will shift the defaulted burden of
disposal responsibility from government, ratepayers and taxpayers back to the manufacturers,
distributors and consumers of such projects, where it properly belongs, in part by internalizing
lifecycle costs in the price of such projects.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL YED that
. The City of Campbell hereby supports governmental and non-governmental organizations in
the effort to develop voluntary agreements with industry and environmental groups to reduce
the health and environmental impacts from electronic product discards.
. To achieve this result, product stewardship efforts will encourage manufacturers to take
increasing responsibility to reduce the entire life-cycle impacts of a product and it packaging
in product design and the end-of-life management of the product they produce.
. The responsibility for reducing project impacts should be shared among industry, government
and consumers, and with the degree of responsibility determined by the ability and
opportunity of an entity to minimize those impacts.
.
. All product lifecycle costs should be internalized in the total product cost, including costs for
end-of-life management. The environmental costs of product manufacture, use, and disposal
should be minimized for local and state governments, and ultimately shifted to the
manufacturers and consumers of products.
. Polices that promote and implement product stewardship principles should create incentives
for the manufacturer to design and produce "cleaner" projects, which result in less waste and
use less energy to operate. These policies should also create incentives for, and facilitate the
recovery of, products at the end oftheir lives.
. Industry should provide leadership in realizing these principles. Government will provide
leadership in promoting the practice of product stewardship through procurement, technical
assistance, program evaluation, education, market development, agency coordination, and by
addressing regulatory barriers and, where necessary, providing regulatory incentives and
disincentives. Industry and government shall provide information needed to make
responsible environmental purchasing, reuse, recycling, and disposal decisions.
. The City of Campbell urges its State Assembly Members and Senators to introduce and
support legislation requiring computer and electronics producers to operate or fund
comprehensive extended producer responsibility programs.
. If no effective producer responsibility program is created by industry or enacted by the
California Legislature and signed by the Governor, the City of Campbell may join other local
jurisdictions to develop local programs for collecting point-of-sale advance disposal fees, or
may require sellers and manufactures to take back computers and other electronic equipment
or fully fund a convenient recovery system.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of
call vote:
May
, 20~, by the following roll
AYES:
Councilmembers:
Burr, Kennedy, Furtado, Watson
NOES:
Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT:
Councilmembers:
Dean
APPROVED:
Lu-v ,r-
Je~tteVVatson,Mayor
ATTEST:
Ann~i&:~