Product Stewardship - 10
Tracks
Stream 1
Wednesday, May 3, 2017 |
4:50 PM - 5:10 PM |
Osprey Room |
Overview
The business case for product stewardship development.
Mr John Polhill, Equilibrium
Details
Globally product stewardship schemes divert millions of tonnes of potentially hazardous material from landfill, waterways and our environment, recovers valuable resources and creates jobs. So why are we still reluctant to progress product stewardship in Australia? Are industry unwilling to join voluntarily driving the regulatory approach or maybe that there is not a scheme development process to evidence a path? The presentation looks at why a stepped process for product stewardship scheme development is needed and suggests a development model for to reach a decision point; regulation or voluntary and finally, why is it beneficial to consider a voluntary approach as a starting point.
Speaker
Mr John Polhill
Manager, Stewardship Services
Equilibrium
The business case for product stewardship development
4:50 PM - 5:10 PMBiography
John is an experienced product stewardship specialist combining 20 years in the engineering and sustainability sectors.
As Manager, Stewardship Services for Equilibrium John brings a systems or life cycle approach in the development of practical resource management solutions with a particular focus on evidencing, designing and testing product stewardship initiatives.
Prior to joining Equilibrium, John spent eight years as a product stewardship specialist for Sustainability Victoria designing and implementing solutions to improve resource recovery systems for business and government including; leading the design of the national paint stewardship scheme in partnership with the paint industry, supporting the implementation of the NTCRS and designing and trialling e-waste, paint, battery and household chemicals collection systems.
John holds a Master of Corporate Sustainability Management from Monash University, Australia and a Diploma in Mechanical and Computer Aided Engineering from John Moores University, Liverpool, England.
Chairperson
Grant Musgrove
CEO
Australian Council of Recycling