Product stewardship

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-022379",
  "term": "Product stewardship",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Product Stewardship",
  "definition": "1. A product-centered approach to environmental protection that calls on those in the product life cycle (e.g. manufacturers, retailers, users, and disposers) to share responsibility for reducing the environmental impacts of products.\n\n2. Manufacturer's treatment or recovery of its own unused products, shipping and storage containers with product residues, off-specification products, and does not include spent or used materials from use of its products.",
  "subject": "Sustainability and green living",
  "references": [
    "Glossary of Sustainable Manufacturing Terms",
    "40 CFR 437.2 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/product-stewardship/"
}