Q&A: What Happens when Producers Are Responsible for Recycling Their Products and Packaging?
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Q&A: What happens when producers are responsible for recycling their products and packaging?
Who should pay when a product becomes waste—the company that made it or the public? That question sits at the center of extended producer responsibility (EPR), a policy strategy that shifts recycling costs onto manufacturers to reduce waste and promote more eco-friendly design. Used in more than 100 countries for packaging, electronics, mattresses and batteries, EPR is gaining traction in the U.S. Seven states have passed legislation requiring p…
EPR faces several key questions
In order for it to be successful, extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging must soon answer several key questions across the states where it is being implemented, panelists said on Wednesday at a conference in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Seven US states currently have passed EPR laws for packaging (California, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington) and a few more including New York are considering similar laws. “Th…
4 EPR takeaways from the Packaging Recycling Summit
Read the full story at Packaging Dive. Extended producer responsibility for packaging laws are a leading driver of the packaging industry’s current changes, and advocates want brands to know their efforts to understand these state laws and come into compliance are seen. Brands generally are considered producers who have to pay into state systems, and … Continue reading 4 EPR takeaways from the Packaging Recycling Summit
With the expansion of cross-border trade and online sales, more and more producers, importers and distributors outside the European Union are introducing packaging into the Community market without being physically established in a Member State. Just for these situations, European legislation in the field of extended producer liability (EPR – Extended Producer Responsibility) has introduced the institution of the authorised representative [...]
NAW Awaits Ruling After Oregon EPR Trial
The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors presented its case challenging the constitutionality and effectiveness of Oregon’s extended producer responsibility law during a July 13-17 federal trial in Portland. NAW issued a statement following the trial in National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors v. Feldon, a federal lawsuit challenging Oregon’s Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act, also known as the Recycling Moderni…
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