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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

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

NAD Reviews Green Claims for Trash Bags

HoldOn makes trash bags that are certified by the Biodegradable Products Institute (“BPI”) and TÜV Austria as compostable in commercial and home composting settings. The company advertises that the bags are great for trash,...more

Jenner & Block

Earth Week 2024—Planet Versus Plastic—The Final Round—The Courts’ Referee Role

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As we wrap up our week-long celebration of Earth Day with insightful articles focusing on various aspects of plastic pollution, this final article focuses on how the courts are being asked to step into ring and referee the...more

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Earth Week 2024, Round One – Nationwide Initiatives to Implement a Single-Use Plastics Ban

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This year’s Earth Day theme is “Planet versus Plastics.” When most people think of plastic pollution, their minds likely conjure up an image of single-use plastics—such as grocery bags, beverage container rings, or discarded...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

Countries to Resume Negotiations on Global Plastics Pollution Treaty: Outlook for INC-4

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Countries are preparing for a new round of negotiations on an ambitious legally binding international treaty to address plastics pollution across the entire life cycle of plastics per the UNEA 5.2 mandate in resolution 5/14....more

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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

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To Bin or Not to Bin: California Clears Up Questions About Which Products Can Display Recyclability Symbols

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For many consumers, comprehending Shakespeare is easier than discerning which products are recyclable and which are not. California’s “Truth in Labeling” law (SB 343), which provides stricter regulations for what products or...more

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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

ArentFox Schiff

Meeting New Challenges: Environmental, Energy, and ESG Issues to Watch in 2024

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The regulated community faces a complex and evolving landscape. As we head into 2024, our team of energy, environmental, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) attorneys provide insights and guidance on how to...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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Sustainability Update: NGO and International Efforts to Regulate Plastic

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Everyone loves recycling. However, when it comes to plastic, questions about how recycling occurs and whether it can meaningfully occur generate a fair amount of controversy. ...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

UN-Convened Plastic Pollution Committee Proposes Zero Plastics Treaty

On September 4, 2023, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INCPP) released a draft proposal on the reduction of global plastic pollution. The so-called “Zero Draft” proposes measures to address...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

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The Plastics Problem in Massachusetts

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In The Graduate, Mr. McGuire pulls aside Benjamin Braddock, played by Dustin Hoffman, and utters “one word” of career advice – “plastics.”  Benjamin’s diffident reaction reflects his wealthy suburban character’s utter lack of...more

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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

Pillsbury - PFAS Observer

The EPA Proposes Significant New Use Rules

On June 20, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 18 chemicals derived from the recycling of plastic wastes. 88 Fed....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

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EPIC Glass Recycling/ACE Glass and Plastic Recycling: Companies Announce Glass Recycling Plant to be Constructed in North Little...

North Little Rock, Arkansas, will be the site of a new glass recycling plant beginning in early 2024. The companies involved in this endeavor are EPIC Glass Recycling (“EPIC”) and ACE Glass and Plastics Recycling...more

K&L Gates LLP

EPA's Draft Plastics Strategy: A Road Map of What Comes Next

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) recently released a “Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution.” Depending on its ultimate composition, the final strategy could materially affect the...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

What will the FTC do with recycling?

The FTC is in the process of updating its venerable Green Guides, which "govern" environmental marketing claims in the United States. A big part of the Guides are its sections on Recycling Claims, which deal with whether and...more

Goldberg Segalla

Could Plastic Recycling Facilities Be Contributing to the Microplastics Pollution Problem?

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Earlier this month, a team of researchers out of the UK, Canada, and New Zealand published a first-of-its-kind study in the peer-reviewed Journal of Hazardous Material Advances, examining the microplastics pollution potential...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

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