Washington and Maryland enacted Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws for packaging, sending a signal that the national momentum behind sustainable packaging is accelerating. These measures shift the financial burden of recycling from local governments to the companies that produce packaging, aligning economic incentives with environmental responsibility.
These laws brought the national EPR movement to eight states, including California, Colorado, Oregon, Minnesota, Maine, and New York.
In Washington, producers will be required to fund the design and operation of a statewide recycling system that will serve nearly all state residents by 2030. Washington joins California and Oregon, which previously passed EPR legislation.
Maryland’s law requires producers of packaging and paper products to join a PRO and gradually assume the financial responsibilities of local recycling programs on a more aggressive schedule than in Washington.
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