On May 13, 2025, Maryland became the sixth U.S. state to enact an extended producer responsibility (“EPR”) law for packaging with Governor Moore’s approval of SB 901, passed by the Maryland legislature on April 7, 2025....more
With the compliance process for the Extended Producer Responsibility (“EPR”) programs for packaging, paper, and food service ware in full swing in Oregon and fast approaching in Colorado and California, “producer” companies...more
1/22/2025
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Environmental Policies ,
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Retail Market ,
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Sustainability
Businesses that expect to be deemed “producers” of single-use packaging, paper, or food service ware (“covered materials”) under the various extended producer responsibility (“EPR”) programs unfolding in several U.S. states...more
Post-consumer recycled content (“PCR”) plays an important role in extended producer responsibility (“EPR”) programs for packaging. Among other purposes, the EPR programs are intended to increase the quantity and quality of...more
The extended producer responsibility (“EPR”) programs for packaging that are currently unfolding in several states impose two primary obligations on producers of covered materials—reporting data and paying fees to a producer...more