A recent study conducted by The Recycling Partnership, Washington, claims states can expect significant increases in recycling rates for packaging—including plastic, glass, aluminum and steel—and ...

Following a collaborative review process, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has approved the program plan submitted by Circular Action Alliance (CAA), making CAA the producer ...

An overflowing trash can with disposable packaging in Berlin. You’re a producer and you put a product on the shelves. Do you make sure it’s recyclable? You do if you live in a state, province or ...

A federal court in Oregon has done something no U.S. court has done before: paused enforcement of a state extended producer responsibility (EPR) law on constitutional grounds—though notably, the pause ...

Members of the Illinois Legislature are considering extended producer responsibility, or EPR, programs in an attempt to enhance the state’s recycling efforts. Unfortunately, two proposed bills, SB ...

Extended producer responsibility is a big issue for the plastics industry, with government, environmental groups and even some in the industry looking at programs that would add a fee to materials to ...

As extended producer responsibility (“EPR”) programs unfold in several U.S. states, Environmental General Counsel is using its international connections within IR Global – a multi-disciplinary ...

As states across the U.S. pass extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws, producers are working to influence how those laws are implemented — aiming to ensure the rules are tailored to specific ...

SB 707, otherwise known as the California Responsible Textile Recovery Act, was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom this fall, and brands and retailers doing business in the state have lingering ...