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EPR Group Consulting Inc.

Producer Fees in State EPR Packaging Programs

The extended producer responsibility (“EPR”) programs for packaging that are currently unfolding in several states impose two primary obligations on producers of covered materials—reporting data and paying fees to a producer...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

CalRecycle Publishes Updated Covered Material Categories List As Part of California’s EPR Law

On July 1, 2024, CalRecycle published an updated list of covered material categories as required by California’s extended producer responsibility (EPR) law. SB 54 was signed into law by Governor Newsom in June 2022 and...more

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Retailers, Restaurants and Consumer Products Manufacturers Should Ensure Compliance With State EPR Laws

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Retailers with private label products, restaurants and consumer product manufacturers should consider whether they are subject to state extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws, and therefore should register with the...more

Environmental General Counsel PC

EPR Packaging Laws: Oregon's Program Plan Provides Roadmap for Compliance and Producer Fees

On March 31, Circular Action Alliance (“CAA”), the Producer Responsibility Organization (“PRO”) for California, Colorado, and the only contender for PRO in Oregon, submitted the first draft of its Program Plan (“the Plan”)...more

Hogan Lovells

No time to waste III - Parliament and Council reached provisional agreement on PPWR

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Recently, the Parliament and the Council, under the leadership of the Belgian Council Presidency, have been able to reach a provisional agreement on a final text for a new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation within a...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

CalRecycle Seeks Stakeholder Feedback on Single-Use Packaging EPR Program

Tomorrow, February 1, the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) will host a hybrid question and answer session to discuss the draft rulemaking on their extended producer responsibility (EPR)...more

Hogan Lovells

No time to waste II – Parliament and Council bring reform of EU packaging regime onto home straight

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At the end of 2023, the EU Parliament and the EU Council each adopted their positions on the EU Commission's proposal for a new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. The Commission's proposal had already given rise to a...more

Environmental General Counsel PC

EPR Packaging Laws: Submission of the First Stewardship Plan

Since July 2021, when Maine passed the nation's first extended producer responsiblity ("EPR") packaging law, four other states (Colorado, Oregon, California, and Maryland) have enacted EPR packaging laws. For brevity, we...more

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Single-use Plastic Packaging/buffalo River (New York): New York Attorney General Files Judicial Action Against Pepsico, Inc.,...

New York Attorney General Letitia James (“AG”) filed a November 15th Complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New York (County of Erie)(“Court”) against PepsiCo, Inc., Frito-Lay, Inc., and Frito-Lay North American, Inc....more

Environmental General Counsel PC

SB 54 Gears Up: a New PRO, a Producer Working Group, and Draft Regulations

The Circular Action Alliance (“CAA”), a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is expected to be selected as California’s new producer responsibility organization (“PRO”) under the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

California’s Transformational Single-Use Packaging EPR Law Moves Toward Implementation

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Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 54 on June 30, 2022, creating an extended producer responsibility (EPR) program and imposing some related prohibitions for certain single-use packaging and plastic single-use food service ware...more

Environmental General Counsel PC

Five Things You Really Need to Know About SB-54 - California's EPR Law for Single Use Packaging

It is probably fair to say that SB 54 – California’s extended producer responsibility (EPR) law imposing source reduction and recycling requirements on single use packaging and plastic food service ware – is not only the...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

LA County Ban on Single-Use Plastic Goes into Effect

On May 1, 2023, a ban on single-use plastics went into effect for restaurants with permanent locations in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. The ban was originally passed in April of 2022 by the Los Angeles County...more

Bennett Jones LLP

No Time to Waste—Consultation Open on Federal Plastics Initiatives

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On April 18, 2023, the Government of Canada announced the launch of consultations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) with respect to...more

Environmental General Counsel PC

SB 54: Who Must Comply with California's Plastics and Packaging Act? The Gummy Bear Question

California’s Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act (the “Act” or “SB 54”) is a variation of the increasingly popular Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and circular economy frameworks in...more

Environmental General Counsel PC

When Must Businesses Join a PRO under California's Plastic & Packaging Law?

On March 29, 2023, the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) held a workshop on Producer Responsibility Organizations (PROs) and forthcoming regulations under the Plastic Pollution Prevention...more

Environmental General Counsel PC

CalRecycle Begins to Implement California's Plastic and Packaging Act

On February 28, CalRecycle held an informational workshop for SB 54, the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act. The workshop focused on the Advisory Board and Needs Assessment components of...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Regulatory and Litigation Risks From California’s New Recycling Laws

California is a leader on plastics reduction, passing legislation regulating recyclability and sustainability claims, promoting the use of recycled materials, and preventing plastics pollution. In particular, two new laws...more

Downey Brand LLP

California Plastics Recycling Legislation Significantly Expands Producer Responsibility

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On June 30, 2022, Governor Newsom signed SB 54, the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act (“Act”), into law. The Office of the Governor described the Act as “the most significant overhaul of...more

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Minimum Recycled Plastic Content Legislation: Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Updates Position

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (“ISRI”) announced an updated position statement on legislation addressing: Use of recycled plastics in the manufacture of new products ...more

Buchalter

California’s New Plastics Recycling Laws – A Lot to Sort Through

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California has a long history of enacting laws regulating plastic packaging, dating back to the Rigid Plastic Packaging Container law in 1991, a law many manufacturers only learn about when they receive a notice from the...more

Goldberg Segalla

California Implements Legislation to Reduce Plastic Pollution and Extend Producer Responsibility Laws

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law on June 30 a bill that aims to drastically cut single-use waste in the Golden State by shifting responsibility from consumers to the industry that produces it.   The...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

California Passes Sweeping Plastic Reduction Act

On July 29, 2022, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 54, the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act (the “Act”).  The Act is designed to phase out single-use plastics in the state and is the...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

California Enacts Strict New Rules on Packaging Materials

On June 30, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law SB 54, putting into place some of the nation’s strictest, far-reaching regulations on packaging materials. The legislation mandates significantly reduced use...more

Integral Consulting Inc.

It’s All in the Packaging: Regulators Work to Adopt Rules to Mitigate Plastic Pollution

It used to be all about glass—glass was too heavy, too expensive, and too dangerous to you or others if it fractured—so we invented plastics—strong, lightweight, less expensive. Half of all plastics ever made have been made...more

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