Michigan lawmakers introduced a bipartisan three-bill package aimed at strengthening consumer access to bottle deposit refunds and clarifying retailer obligations under the state's declining bottle return system.

ABTC has won back a DOE grant that was among hundreds terminated last fall.

This marks the third session in which the bill cleared the Senate only to stall in the Assembly.

The groups allege that the new regulations have too many loopholes for packaging producers.

Maine is the first state to require vape manufacturers to fund end-of-life management for their products. Vape recycler Michael Duckworth says passing the law is the easy part.

Colorado, which passed its Battery Stewardship Act in 2025, is now looking to close the gap on large-format, EV batteries.

With SB 54 registered and lawsuits already filed, PureCycle CEO Dustin Olsen says the fight over what counts as recycling is no longer a policy debate, it's a market reality.

With compliance deadlines coming on quickly, smaller companies are struggling to absorb changes and stay on the right side of the law.

Three bills targeting recycling and compostables labeling have cleared key hurdles as California's session deadline nears.

With the legislature set to adjourn June 10, supporters of New York's packaging EPR bill are making a final push.