UN member countries bring focus to plastic treaty
More than 90 countries called for a renewed focus on a global plastics treaty during a recent United Nations Ocean...
Legislation & Enforcement
DRS program changes and delays
California is finalizing the implementation of changes to its deposit return system for beverage containers, while Maine legislators sent a...
Oregon bottle bill to allow ‘alternative’ return centers
Oregon state lawmakers recently approved a bill that allows the state to designate new redemption centers in Portland tailored toward...
Texas bottle bill hits milestone, but does not pass
A bipartisan bill in Texas to introduce a bottle deposit return system ran out of time for a state House...
Clock runs out this year for bottle bill in Texas
A bipartisan bill in Texas to introduce a bottle deposit return system ran out of time for a state House...
EPR for Maryland: How SB 901 became law
After five years of work and many interim steps, Maryland became the sixth U.S. state to pass extended producer responsibility...
EPR for Maryland: The making of SB 901
After five years of work and many interim steps, Maryland became the sixth U.S. state to pass extended producer responsibility...
Washington is the latest state to advance packaging EPR
Just a week after Maryland became state No. 6 to approve a bill on extended producer responsibility for packaging and...
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...
Rhode Island lawmakers introduce bottle bill, EPR
Legislators in Rhode Island have introduced bills to create a bottle bill for the state as well as an extended...
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