The evolution of eco-modulation to drive eco-design
"Eco-modulation" is the latest buzzword in extended producer responsibility. Reid Lifset, a long-time EPR researcher at Yale, talked with Resource...
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Here’s what cities in Oregon want to see under EPR
At first glance, there aren't a ton of similarities between Portland, a green, liberal city of 650,000 people, and Dayville,...
Groups to EPA: Consider source reduction and EPR
Ahead of the July 31 deadline, the EPA has received nearly 100 comments on its draft National Strategy to Prevent...
Path to passage: How EPR for HHW became a reality
Riding the 2023 extended producer responsibility wave, Vermont enacted a program nearly a decade in the making that's designed to...
CalRecycle names inaugural packaging EPR advisory board
Leaders from Alameda County, Waste Connections and Talco Plastics are among the group of stakeholders that will oversee California's extended...
CalRecycle names its first packaging EPR advisory board
California’s state recycling organization has selected members for the board that will oversee the state’s extended producer responsibility program for...
After years of ‘fortitude,’ tire EPR is a reality in CT
Connecticut this summer became the first state to enact a statewide extended producer responsibility program for tires, moving beyond previous...
Oregon E-Cycles update signed into law
A bill to overhaul the Oregon E-Cycles program is currently on Gov. Tina Kotek's desk.
What materials will make the cut under EPR?
States with extended producer responsibility programs are starting to grapple with a tricky question: How do we establish a list...
Experts outline role of policy in sparking recycling markets
Without a market for a material, recycling it is not economically viable - but how can end markets be created...
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