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Extended Producer Uncertainty: Groundbreaking California Packaging Law Faces Setbacks

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Two significant developments have recently emerged concerning California’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) law, SB 54, which aims to phase out single-use plastics. The landmark law for packaging and plastic food...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

California Proposes Significant Changes to Product Packaging Regulations

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What Happened - On Monday, October 14, 2024, the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecyle) opened a public comment period on changes to the previously proposed regulations implementing the...more

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Are Plastics the New PFAS?

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A recent conference led by Connecticut Attorney General (AG) William Tong discussed the alleged problems and potential solutions associated with plastics use and waste. Conference attendees included nearly two dozen...more

EPR Group Consulting Inc.

Producer Fees in State EPR Packaging Programs

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

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

CalRecycle Publishes Updated Covered Material Categories List As Part of California’s EPR Law

On July 1, 2024, CalRecycle published an updated list of covered material categories as required by California’s extended producer responsibility (EPR) law. SB 54 was signed into law by Governor Newsom in June 2022 and...more

Environmental General Counsel PC

EPR Packaging Laws: Oregon's Program Plan Provides Roadmap for Compliance and Producer Fees

On March 31, Circular Action Alliance (“CAA”), the Producer Responsibility Organization (“PRO”) for California, Colorado, and the only contender for PRO in Oregon, submitted the first draft of its Program Plan (“the Plan”)...more

Environmental General Counsel PC

SB 54 _ California Selects CAA as PRO and Other Updates

Within the last month, California has made significant strides toward its bid to create a circular economy for certain packaging and food service ware materials. On January 8, 2024, California's Department of Resources...more

Environmental General Counsel PC

EPR Packaging Laws: Submission of the First Stewardship Plan

Since July 2021, when Maine passed the nation's first extended producer responsiblity ("EPR") packaging law, four other states (Colorado, Oregon, California, and Maryland) have enacted EPR packaging laws. For brevity, we...more

Bennett Jones LLP

No Time to Waste—Consultation Open on Federal Plastics Initiatives

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On April 18, 2023, the Government of Canada announced the launch of consultations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) with respect to...more

Environmental General Counsel PC

SB 54: Who Must Comply with California's Plastics and Packaging Act? The Gummy Bear Question

California’s Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act (the “Act” or “SB 54”) is a variation of the increasingly popular Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and circular economy frameworks in...more

Environmental General Counsel PC

When Must Businesses Join a PRO under California's Plastic & Packaging Law?

On March 29, 2023, the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) held a workshop on Producer Responsibility Organizations (PROs) and forthcoming regulations under the Plastic Pollution Prevention...more

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California Implements Legislation to Reduce Plastic Pollution and Extend Producer Responsibility Laws

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law on June 30 a bill that aims to drastically cut single-use waste in the Golden State by shifting responsibility from consumers to the industry that produces it.   The...more

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