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Product stewardship is a product-centered approach to environmental protection.
Product stewardship recognizes that product manufacturers can and must take on new responsibilities to reduce the environmental footprint of their products. Without serious producer commitment, we as a country cannot make significant progress toward improved resource conservation and a sustainable economy. The solutions and the actors will vary from one product system to another. In most cases, manufacturers have the greatest ability, and therefore the greatest responsibility, to reduce the environmental impacts of their products. Companies that are accepting the challenge are recognizing that product stewardship also represents a substantial business opportunity.