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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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

EPR Group Consulting Inc.

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

Perkins Coie

Unpacking Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility Laws

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As environmental consciousness grows, so too do regulations aimed at promoting a more circular economy. Within the last few years, the United States has seen a significant increase in extended producer responsibility (EPR)...more

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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

Exempted Materials under California's EPR Packaging Law (SB 54)

Producers who may qualify for an exemption under California’s extended producer responsibility (“EPR”) packaging law (“SB 54” or the “Act”) should consider reviewing CalRecycle’s recently released Proposed Draft Regulation...more

K&L Gates LLP

Chasing Compliance with Chasing Arrows: Exploring the Implications of SB 343, Conflicting State Legislation, and the Impact of...

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On 28 December 2023, CalRecycle published the results of the preliminary Material Characterization Study required under SB 343, codified as Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 42355.51. The preliminary findings identify the types of...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

Goldberg Segalla

New York May Adopt Extended Producer-Responsibility Laws to Combat Consumer Waste

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New York may be on board to be the fifth state in the nation to hold producers responsible for packaging products.  Thus far, Maine, Oregon, Colorado, and California have enacted extended producer-responsibility laws....more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

Maine Requires Companies to Pay For Their Packaging

Last month, Maine signed the nation’s first packaging-based extended producer responsibility program into law, signaling a possible sea change in the way we handle recycling in the United States....more

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Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Quarterly Newsletter: January 2020

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) has issued a new edition (January 2020) of its quarterly newsletter. DEQ describes the newsletter as providing...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

EPA Promulgates “Streamlined System” for Managing Hazardous Waste Aerosol Cans

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Last week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a “streamlined system” for managing hazardous waste aerosol cans as Universal Waste. The Agency believes that the new system will be...more

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Another Set of Organic Waste Regulations Revisions Released by CalRecycle

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Changes to Proposed Regulations Could Impact Local Agencies that Collect or Generate Organic Waste - The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery released its second set of revisions to the proposed...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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