Legislation & Enforcement

AI audit systems could become a compliance tool under EPR, but who pays for them is still being worked out.

Decades of voluntary packaging work have hit an economic wall. EPR and stronger regulation are what will move the needle.

From Michigan's fraud cases to Hawaii's scaled-back audits, a new CRI guidebook maps where the 10 US deposit states are...

California will pull disposable nicotine vapes from store shelves by 2028 under a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, while...

Supporters of AB 2253 said the bill would address greenwashing, while opponents said it demonized mass-balance accounting and didn't reflect...

In this editorial, Prof. Edward Kosior explores how policy uncertainty discourages investment and risks destroying existing recycling capacity.

In a letter to the US Trade Representative, five representatives asked the USTR to consider trade remedies and support verification...

NAW is challenging an Oregon judge's ruling in favor of the state's extended producer responsibility law.

The BRACE Act would let lithium-ion battery recyclers store batteries on site under universal waste rules and give EPA 18...

Newsom signed a battery EPR expansion and a nitrous oxide sales ban but vetoed a bill setting spending rules for...