Legislation & Enforcement

California's vape ban was written to close the exact loophole that let disposable devices survive a ban in the UK.

Reimbursements for e-scrap collection have run out for the year — without warning, collectors say.

A recent webinar explored the upcoming implementation of California's packaging EPR bill, which embeds the APR Design Guide in its...

State leadership asked MRM to offer more specifics before it will be named Oregon’s PRO in 2027.

Flexible film, generating 550,000 tons/year of waste, has end markets for only about 10% of it, panelists said at a...

California's list of SB 54 responsible end markets won't exist until four days before the state's Jan. 1 compliance deadline,...

Of California's 56 SB 54-covered packaging categories, Alameda County jurisdictions collect fewer than a third of them uniformly, and the...

Editor's note: Policy for batteries and electronics is among the sessions at the 2026 E-Scrap Conference, Oct. 26-28 in New...

A federal preemption bill over packaging labels just moved one step closer to reality on Capitol Hill.

After a five-day trial and 71 pages of findings, Judge Michael Simon says the state's packaging EPR law is constitutional.