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SB 54 plan for cartons, film draws warning
The new law's cartons and film targets could add 100,000 tons of plastic contamination to California's paper exports annually, a...
What’s on Newsom’s desk after the CA session end
With the California legislature adjourned, packaging, food-waste and EPR advocates are watching a single date, Sept. 30, to see which...
New Jersey pushes back PCR mandate to 2030
One of the highest-profile US laws affecting recyclers has been amended only four months before implementation, with the state citing...
Vape ban awaits California governor’s signature
California's vape ban was written to close the exact loophole that let disposable devices survive a ban in the UK.
SB 54 Unpacked: Can film catch up to cartons?
Flexible film, generating 550,000 tons/year of waste, has end markets for only about 10% of it, panelists said at a...
SB 54 Unpacked: REMs, reimbursements remain moving targets
California's list of SB 54 responsible end markets won't exist until four days before the state's Jan. 1 compliance deadline,...
SB 54 Unpacked: California jurisdictions face scramble to comply
Of California's 56 SB 54-covered packaging categories, Alameda County jurisdictions collect fewer than a third of them uniformly, and the...
California battery EPR bill heads to Newsom’s desk
Editor's note: Policy for batteries and electronics is among the sessions at the 2026 E-Scrap Conference, Oct. 26-28 in New...
House subcommittee advances PACK Act
A federal preemption bill over packaging labels just moved one step closer to reality on Capitol Hill.
Oregon’s EPR law survives first constitutional test
After a five-day trial and 71 pages of findings, Judge Michael Simon says the state's packaging EPR law is constitutional.