EPR for packaging laws: Dates to know

Follow key implementation actions as certain U.S. states implement extended producer responsibility for packaging programs. Published in Packaging Dive • January 7, 2025 • By Maria Rachal

The Secret to EPR for a Circular Economy - Indisposable Podcast, April 28, 2022 — Episode 86

Kirstie Pecci of the Conservation Law Foundation (now with Just Zero) and Judith Enck of Beyond Plastics have been tirelessly working on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws and deposit return systems in several states. This interview with Matt Prindiville, of Upstream's Indisposable Podcast, provides excellent explanations of "good" vs. "bad" EPR, with essential details and sound arguments for strong EPR policy.

• "The Producer Pays," The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, April 4, 2017.

•  "Improving Recycling in Washington through Producer Responsibility Policy: Costs and Benefits," King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks Solid Waste Division, December 2020.

• Henry Hintermeister, "Companies that make single-use plastics shouldn't escape the cost of the cleanup," The Public Interest Network, March 7, 2021.

• "Extended Producer Responsibility," National Conference of State Legislatures, October 2023.

• "Ten EPR bills introduced in 2024 so far"  by Marissa Heffernan in Resource Recycling. Published: March 1, 2024