Washington is seventh state to act on packaging EPR
Just a week after Maryland became state No. 6 to approve a bill on extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper, Washington made No. 7.
Marissa Heffernan worked at Resource Recycling from January 2022 through June 2025, first as staff reporter and then as associate editor. Marissa Heffernan started working for Resource Recycling in January 2022 after spending several years as a reporter at a daily newspaper in Southwest Washington. After developing a special focus on recycling policy, they were also the editor of the monthly newsletter Policy Now.
Just a week after Maryland became state No. 6 to approve a bill on extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper, Washington made No. 7.
More than 100 people showed up in-person and virtually to an informal stakeholder meeting on Maine's draft material types list for the state's extended producer responsibility program for packaging.
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More than 100 people showed up in-person and virtually to an informal stakeholder meeting on Maine's draft material types list for the state's extended producer responsibility program for packaging.
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Two big names in the electronics repair and refurbishment space are partnering up to influence consumer and manufacturer behavior and create a world where circularity is the default.
A bill that would set up an extended producer responsibility program for packaging is sitting on the desk of Maryland's governor after clearing both legislative chambers Monday evening. If it's signed, Maryland would become the sixth U.S. state to enact such a law.
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