Colorado’s comprehensive extended producer responsibility (EPR) program reporting deadline is fast approaching. Producers (including brand owners, manufacturers, importers and retailers) of packaging and paper products are...more
Beginning July 1, 2025, producers of a wide range of packaging and paper materials, as well as products that use such materials, are prohibited from selling or distributing such products in the state of Colorado, unless they...more
A lot is going on in the extended producer responsibility (“EPR”) packaging world this month. Maryland and Washington became the sixth and seventh states respectively to enact EPR packaging laws. And this week, just a...more
With Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) packaging laws rapidly expanding across the U.S. and globally – producers, retailers, and sustainability leaders are facing unprecedented pressure to prepare for a new wave of...more
State-level packaging laws are evolving rapidly, often in response to environmental concerns or shifting consumer expectations. These state laws are directly shaping the way national manufacturers are approaching both...more
For the past four years, multiple states have worked to pass laws (called Extended Producer Responsibility laws, or “EPR”) that reallocate the burden of dealing with end-product waste (and related recycling efforts) to the...more
Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources and Food & Beverage Groups examine the growing industry compliance impact of states’ extended producer employer production responsibility (EPR) laws....more
In an important development for the sustainability movement, Oregon and Colorado are implementing Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws that shift the responsibility for managing packaging waste to the manufacturer. The...more
Four years after the nation’s first extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws set out approaches to making producers financially responsible for managing the disposal of plastics and packaging, 2025 will see...more