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Right to repair in WA and battery EPR in Nebraska

Published: May 22, 2025
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Electronics related bills both passed and died this month across the U.S. as legislative sessions wind down. | Vietnam Stock Photos/Shutterstock

Governors in Washington and Nebraska signed e-scrap bills into law recently, giving Washingtonians the right to repair their consumer electronics and Nebraskans an extended producer responsibility program for batteries.  Continue Reading

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Battery EPR passes in Colorado

Published: May 15, 2025
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SB 163, which would set up an extended producer responsibility program for batteries in Colorado, passed both chambers and is now on the governor’s desk. | Chepko-Danil-Vitalevich/Shutterstock

Colorado is adding extended producer responsibility for another material stream to its state laws, this time for batteries. 

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Oregon shares E-Cycles modernization timeline

Published: May 15, 2025
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Various obsolete electronics for recycling.

As Oregon prepares for the start of its modernized e-scrap recycling program, prospective producer responsibility organizations must submit plans by July 1. | photka/Shutterstock

Ahead of the start of Oregon’s updated e-scrap recycling program in 2026, the state Department of Environmental Quality published a timeline of important dates.

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Solar EPR delay signed, right to repair poised to pass in WA

Published: April 24, 2025
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Gov. Bob Ferguson has 20 days to sign the bills into law after they are delivered to his desk. | Zack Frank/Shutterstock

A right-to-repair electronics bill is sitting on the Washington governor’s desk, while a bill that would again delay the state’s extended producer responsibility program for solar panels is now law. Continue Reading

Illinois electronics recycling opt-in deadline nears

Published: February 13, 2025
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Obsolete electronics gathered for recycling.

The Illinois Consumer Electronics Recycling Act has a March 1 deadline for participation in the 2026 program year. | Penofoto/Shutterstock

With the approach of the annual March 1 deadline to opt into the 2026 Illinois Consumer Electronics Recycling Act, state and national organizers held an information session and provided an update on amendments to CERA legislation. Continue Reading

Policy Roundup: Batteries, right to repair are hot topics

Published: January 23, 2025
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A pile of iPhone lithium-ion batteries for recycling.

More than 20 bills concerning electronics recycling so far have been introduced in 14 states for the 2025 legislative session. | Parilov/Shutterstock

Legislators have been filing bills all month as the 2025 session starts up, and in the e-scrap realm, two main topics are again at the forefront: extended producer responsibility for batteries and the right to repair consumer electronics. 

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Online retailers to contribute to UK e-scrap funding

Published: December 12, 2024
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New rules covering e-retailers such as Amazon that import into the U.K. will introduce a category specifically for vapes, among other changes. | B..Robinson/Shutterstock

New U.K. rules will require online retailers importing electronics into the country to contribute to costs associated with recycling e-scrap there, and introduce a new category specifically for vapes. Continue Reading

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