Reshaping Recycling: What You Need to Know – Part II: The Current State of Packaging EPR and Responsible End Markets- The Complexity of Fragmented Markets
The Current State of Packaging EPR and Responsible End Markets- The Complexity of Fragmented Markets
Description:
The recycling landscape is at a pivotal moment. As packaging EPR laws move from passage to implementation, critical decisions are now being shaped through state rulemaking, legal challenges, program development, and emerging standards that will influence how recycling systems operate in practice for years to come.
Join the National Recycling Coalition (NRC) and the National Stewardship Action Council (NSAC), STINA, Circular Action Alliance (CAA) and Interchange 360, for an important and timely webinar focused on the current state of Packaging EPR and Responsible End Markets across the country. This session will explore how states, PROs, stewardship organizations, recyclers, and policy leaders are navigating implementation in real time, while addressing growing conversations around harmonization, labeling, material acceptance, responsible end markets, recycled content standards, and system integrity.
What This Webinar Will Explore
· How packaging EPR implementation is unfolding across states, from injunctions to active rulemaking and program implementation
· The role of producer responsibility organizations (PROs) and why some states have multiple
· The implications of harmonization efforts across material acceptance, definitions, labeling, and recycled content standards
· How definitions, standards, and labeling frameworks are evolving, including harmonization, and why they matter
· What these shifts could mean for recyclers, communities, and the integrity of recycling systems
· Perspectives from PROs and stewardship organizations operating EPR programs, alongside organizations involved in policy development and implementation, on the opportunities and challenges shaping these systems in real time
Why Attend
This session is designed to equip NRC and NSAC members and partners with a clearer understanding of a rapidly changing implementation landscape and to foster dialogue on how we collectively respond. Participants will gain:
· Insight into the forces shaping packaging EPR implementation across states
· A strategic overview of current implementation and policy trends
· Learn about Responsible End Markets
· Hear from two PROs, understand how are they doing and what’s what’s happening in their implementation programs
· A space to engage and ask questions
Who Should Attend
· State Recycling Organizations (SROs)
· Local government leaders and program managers
· Recycling professionals and industry stakeholders
· Environmental advocates and policy leaders
· Industry leaders
· NRC and NSAC members and partners across the recycling ecosystem
