California’s Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act, SB 54, requires producers of single-use packaging and plastic food serviceware sold in California to assume financial responsibility for the...more
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
Businesses manufacturing, distributing or selling packaging, paper products and food packaging in Minnesota must comply with Minnesota’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws. Affected businesses were required to...more
Minnesota is now the fifth state—joining Maine, Oregon, Colorado, and California—to pass what are called “extended producer responsibility” laws, in line with a growing trend across the country. In 2024, Minnesota enacted the...more
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) compliance deadlines have arrived in the U.S., with additional deadlines quickly approaching, particularly for Oregon and Colorado, for “producers” of certain packaging, paper products,...more
Under Oregon’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) law, the deadline for producers of consumer packaging, paper and food serviceware to register and report their production of such materials to the Circular Action Alliance...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
In the past month, both Maine and Massachusetts have taken steps to implement extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws and rules, with the intent of shifting the financial responsibility of managing packaging material from...more
The Colorado Legislature has adopted an Extended Producer Responsibility (“EPR”) Program which requires producers of certain packaging and paper materials to cover the cost of recycling those materials in the state. If you...more
Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is an environmental policy enacted by several states,1 which extends a manufacturer’s responsibility for its product’s packaging materials to the end of the product’s life cycle....more
Signaling a notable advance in “extended producer responsibility” (EPR) policies, on July 13, Maine became the first U.S. state to require companies to pay fees related to the type and quantity of packaging for products sold...more
As a business owner in the Pacific Northwest, you likely have heard of the changes to California’s regulations regarding warning labels on consumer products, Proposition 65, which takes effect August 30, 2018. Your business...more