A cutting‑edge experiment in recycling policy is now unfolding in multiple states across the country: Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Laws. EPR laws are designed to shift the cost of recycling ...

Extended producer responsibility (EPR) refers to a policy approach where producers are given responsibility (financial and/or physical) for the environmental impacts of their products throughout the ...

What is Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)? Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is an environmental policy enacted by several states, which extends a manufacturer’s responsibility for its ...

In recent years efforts have increased to have manufacture play a bigger role in boosting recycling numbers and reduce landfill waste. Pressing Matters Stefanie Mills sits down with Kerrin O’Brien ...

Oregon’s Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act (RMA), one of the first extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws implemented in the US, is facing its ...

Joseph Doherty, CEO of Re-Gen, on the impacts on packaging EPR for small and medium sized businesses. OPINION: In April 2025 the Labour government introduced the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) ...

Oregon officially is the first U.S. state to implement an extended producer responsibility (EPR) program for packaging, printing and writing paper and food serviceware. Established under the state’s ...

The U.S. Plastics Pact (USPP) today released its first-ever policy position paper on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), offering a clear, consensus-built framework to guide policymakers as states ...

PITTSBURGH, December 09, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Plastics Pact (USPP) today released its first-ever policy position paper on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), offering a clear, consensus ...

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U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-New Mexico, and U.S. Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D-California, have drafted legislation that is aimed at reducing plastic waste that they hope would go into effect this fall. According ...

The column, "There are better ways to reduce plastic packaging waste," Feb. 22, makes clear that an extended producer responsibility policy in New York is more likely to create higher costs for ...