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 ...

In recent years efforts have increased to have manufacture play a bigger role in boosting recycling numbers and reduce landfill waste. Pressing Matters Stefanie Mills sits down with Kerrin O’Brien ...

2025 has been a busy year for extended producer responsibility (EPR) policy, especially for packaging and paper products. States have enacted new EPR programs and laws to assess the need for EPR.

Brand Story – The packaging EPR laws in Oregon and Colorado mark a significant shift in how packaging waste is managed. In an important development for the sustainability movement, Oregon and Colorado ...

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With the signing of packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) legislation into law in the state of Washington, there now are seven states with programs in various stages of initial ...

Plastic waste has become one of the most urgent environmental challenges of the 21st century. From overflowing landfills to microplastics found in the deepest parts of the ocean, the world’s ...

I have recently heard of extended producer responsibility in the world of recycling. What exactly does this mean? For the state of Colorado, extended producer responsibility is happening thanks to ...

Portland, Ore. — Plastics and its recycling challenges will be getting a lot of attention as states start the long process of implementing their new extended producer responsibility packaging laws.

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Fresh produce growers warn California’s sweeping SB 54 packaging rules could drive up costs, limit packaging options and threaten the availability of some perishable products in grocery stores.