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EPA's Plastic Pollution Strategy Offers Signal to Industry and Input for State Regulatory Efforts

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently unveiled its National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution (Plastic Pollution Strategy), a comprehensive document that outlines voluntary measures and regulatory...more

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Industrials Regulatory News and Trends - November 2024 #2

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Welcome to Industrials Regulatory News and Trends. In this regular bulletin, DLA Piper lawyers provide concise updates on key developments in the industrials sector to help you navigate the ever-changing business, legal, and...more

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California Aims to Revolutionize Packaging and Food Ware: Answers to Key Questions about Recycling, Composting and Source...

Plastic packaging and food ware are some of the first targets of California’s ambitious and far-reaching program to achieve a “Circular Economy” that reduces waste and pollution. The California Department of Resources,...more

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EPR Packaging Programs: New Proposed Regs and New Registration Dates

On October 14, 2024, California's Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (“CalRecycle”) released its proposed final regulations for California’s extended producer responsibility (“EPR”) packaging and plastic food...more

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California Proposes Significant Changes to Product Packaging Regulations

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What Happened - On Monday, October 14, 2024, the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecyle) opened a public comment period on changes to the previously proposed regulations implementing 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

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SB 54 _ California Selects CAA as PRO and Other Updates

Within the last month, California has made significant strides toward its bid to create a circular economy for certain packaging and food service ware materials. On January 8, 2024, California's Department of Resources...more

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Reconditioning/Used Drum Management: Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Comments Addressing U.S. Environmental Protection...

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (“ISRI”) submitted November 22nd comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressing the following Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPR”)...more

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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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New EU Batteries Regulation: introducing enhanced sustainability, recycling and safety requirements

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A new batteries regulation will impact the design, production and waste management of all types of batteries manufactured or sold in the European Union. The new rules extend producer responsibility and require due diligence...more

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2020 Environmental Legislative Update No. 3, "Social Distancing" Edition

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Throughout Connecticut’s legislative session, these updates highlight developments concerning environmental law and policy. The author prepares updates as Legislative Liaison of the Connecticut Bar Association’s Environmental...more

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"Retail Rap" – Analysis of Business and Legal Trends in the Industry: July 2019

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From environmental concerns to accessibility in online shopping and the seemingly never-ending battle against counterfeiting, retail issues are making news—and presenting legal challenges to the industry. In this issue, we...more

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2019 Connecticut Environmental Legislative Update No. 7

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We have now reached the point in the session where our elected representatives are either thinking alike or shamelessly repeating themselves. So while we have some new items on novel or notable subjects, much of what follows...more

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Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Public Notices Emergency Rulemaking: Regulation 36/Used Tire Recycling and...

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) on August 31st public noticed an emergency rulemaking undertaken by the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”)....more

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China Auto Regulatory Trends 2016: New-Energy, Materials Restrictions, Recalls and Emissions Figure Prominently

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China has launched or announced a significant number of regulatory initiatives in the automotive sector over the first months of 2016. I have selected a number of regulatory initiatives representing such trends, below, from...more

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