From Farm to Shelf – COVID’s Impact on Global Supply Chains
Colorado’s comprehensive extended producer responsibility (EPR) program reporting deadline is fast approaching. Producers (including brand owners, manufacturers, importers and retailers) of packaging and paper products are...more
Businesses manufacturing, distributing or selling packaging, paper products and food packaging in Minnesota must comply with Minnesota’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws. Affected businesses were required to...more
Minnesota is now the fifth state—joining Maine, Oregon, Colorado, and California—to pass what are called “extended producer responsibility” laws, in line with a growing trend across the country. In 2024, Minnesota enacted the...more
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 packaging, paper products,...more
Au cours des deux dernières décennies, les législateurs fédéraux et provinciaux ont mis en place des régimes de responsabilité élargie des producteurs couvrant un éventail toujours plus étendu de produits, comme les...more
Maryland and Washington have joined the growing list of states enacting extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws for packaging and paper products. These laws shift the cost of recycling these materials from the consumer...more
Introduction - On May 13, 2025, Maryland became the sixth state to enact Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws for paper and packaging material. Washington is poised to become the seventh. In Washington, the bill has...more
Under Oregon’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) law, the deadline for producers of consumer packaging, paper and food serviceware to register and report their production of such materials to the Circular Action Alliance...more
With Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) packaging laws rapidly expanding across the U.S. and globally – producers, retailers, and sustainability leaders are facing unprecedented pressure to prepare for a new wave of...more
On July 1, 2025, Oregon’s Plastic Pollution & Recycling Modernization Act (RMA) will significantly change the state’s recycling system. The RMA places responsibility on “producers” to fund and manage the recycling process for...more
Working toward a more circular economy will continue to be at the forefront in 2025. More and more, states are requiring producers to manage the end-of-life of an increasing number of consumer items, from packaging materials,...more
CalRecycle, the agency overseeing California’s recycling and waste management programs, reports that Californians dispose of 1.2 million tons of textiles annually, accounting for 3% of landfilling. California Senate Bill (SB)...more
In the past month, both Maine and Massachusetts have taken steps to implement extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws and rules, with the intent of shifting the financial responsibility of managing packaging material from...more
In two monumental November 14, 2024 spilt decisions, the West Virginia Supreme Court gives oil and gas lessees a huge win and makes doing business in West Virginia more expensive for oil and gas producers....more
Businesses that expect to be deemed “producers” of single-use packaging, paper, or food service ware (“covered materials”) under the various extended producer responsibility (“EPR”) programs unfolding in several U.S. states...more
The Colorado Legislature has adopted an Extended Producer Responsibility (“EPR”) Program which requires producers of certain packaging and paper materials to cover the cost of recycling those materials in the state. If you...more
Post-consumer recycled content (“PCR”) plays an important role in extended producer responsibility (“EPR”) programs for packaging. Among other purposes, the EPR programs are intended to increase the quantity and quality of...more
Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is an environmental policy enacted by several states,1 which extends a manufacturer’s responsibility for its product’s packaging materials to the end of the product’s life cycle....more
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
Through many of our projects, clients often mention alignment as a gas "Producer" or "Optimizer." The distinction lies in where the operational focus is attuned – flowing assured gas to customers or optimizing earnings...more
For better or worse, generative artificial intelligence (AI) is already transforming the way we live and work. Within two months of its initial release to the public, ChatGPT reached 100 million monthly active users, making...more
In October 2022, I circulated “An In-Depth Examination of Inflation Relief for a Government Contractor[.]” Much has occurred since. Inflation remains an acute problem. In turn, contractors and subcontractors continue...more
As this nation prepared to celebrate the Independence Day long weekend, many were preparing for the July 1, 2022, reinstatement of the Superfund chemicals tax (the Superfund Tax). The Superfund Tax is an excise tax imposed on...more
The California Court of Appeal recently provided much needed clarification regarding the application of Proposition 65, which prohibits businesses from knowingly and intentionally exposing individuals to certain chemicals...more
In recent months, new and modified Department of Commerce regulations impacting antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) proceedings have taken effect. These changes, which are intended “to strengthen and improve the...more