Cities and municipalities across the United States are contending with increasing volumes of waste. In response to this rise, along with growing consumer concerns about packaging waste, state lawmakers are enacting extended producer responsibility (EPR)...

A pair of U.S. senators active in recycling policy introduced their latest bill, this time focused on reuse. U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Jeff Merkley,...

The New York state legislature did not pass a contentious extended producer responsibility for packaging bill as its work wrapped up this week. The legislature’s formal session came to a close in the wee hours...

CalRecycle is reviewing a new set of comments on draft regulations for SB 54, California’s plastic source reduction and extended producer responsibility for packaging law. Comments were due to the agency June 3, a few...

The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act has again passed the Senate. The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act also passed the Senate last year, but ran out of time for consideration in the Assembly....

Hawai’i Gov. Josh Green last week signed HB750, which requires the state’s Department of Health to conduct a needs assessment related to recycling, due to the legislature by the end of 2027. Specifically, the state...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is pleased to offer these comments to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MCPA) in response to the proposed PFAS in Products: Reporting and Fees Rule developed by the Agency. In...