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Minnesota's Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Law: Key Registration Deadline is July 1, 2025; Specifically Includes Boat Wrap...

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Minnesota was the fifth state to enact an Extended Producer Responsibility (“EPR”) law, following California, Colorado, Oregon, and Maine. Sharing many foundational principles with the EPR laws in these other states, your...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Chemical Ban Set to Hit Fashion Supply Chains in 2026

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In accordance with a final rule (the 2024 Rule) published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in late 2024, fashion-related articles containing phenol, isopropylated phosphate (PIP (3:1)) will be prohibited from...more

Hogan Lovells

The path to circularity - Navigating through the EU’s sustainable product regulations on batteries, deforestation, ecodesign,...

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The European Commission's new efforts to boost the EU's competitiveness through the Clean Industrial Deal and sweeping regulatory simplification have garnered significant attention. At the same time, circularity remains a...more

Mayer Brown

Brazil Introduces Regulations on the Importation of Solid Waste and Tailings

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The Brazilian government published Decree No. 12,451/2025 (the “New Decree”), which regulates Article 49, §1 of the National Solid Waste Policy (Law No. 12,305/2010), establishing exceptions to the ban on importing solid...more

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Maryland and Washington Enact EPR Laws for Packaging

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Maryland and Washington have joined the growing cohort of US jurisdictions that require producers of packaging and paper products to finance – and ultimately improve – the systems for disposing of these “covered materials” in...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

The Countdown for Compliance with California’s ​“Truth in Recycling” Law Begins

In 2021, California enacted the SB 343 – ​“Truth in Recycling Law” – which generally prohibits companies from using the ​“chasing arrows” symbol or otherwise implying that a product or package is recyclable, unless the...more

Hogan Lovells

New EU Battery Regulation – Additional challenges for companies

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On 10 December 2020, the European Commission published a proposal for a new EU Regulation concerning batteries and waste batteries ("Battery Regulation"). The Battery Regulation is part of the European Green Deal and aims to...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

EU Takes Key Step in Taxonomy Rollout

European Commission issues first Delegated Act in the much-debated Taxonomy, moving forward with a multi-step approach in determining which activities are classified as sustainable. Nuclear energy, natural gas and...more

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