conventional recycling, high-tech incineration and end of pipe pollution control measures that are, despite the expense and energy-intensity of these measures, still consistent with old forms of capitalist ownership, property and liability. In the old system, producing and selling lots of stuff is the main concern, and once a product is sold, it is someone elses problem. If the responsibility for materials is placed at the feet of producers through EPR legislation, they are forced to get quite creative on the level of product design, finding innovative ways to conserve materials and make products out of benign substances. In Chapter VI, I will return to the relationship of this kind of regulation and green development.