Policy experts predict 2024 will be another active year for extended producer responsibility and other legislative proposals tied to recycling. | Paul Brady Photography/Shutterstock
This year’s state legislative sessions are bolstering the strong momentum behind extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging and paper products (PPP). Although no states have yet adopted a new program in 2023, there are several indisputable signs that EPR for PPP has established a secure foothold in the U.S. and will continue to expand in the coming years.
PET and HDPE prices have taken a sudden crash this month, dropping by double-digit percentages. Luckily for MRFs, most everything else in the curbside mix is holding steady. 
This article appeared in the May 2023 issue of Resource Recycling. 
