Jeff Fielkow and the startup that’s building the US packaging EPR system
The Circular Action Alliance (CAA) has had a relatively short, but very impactful, history as it takes a key role...
EPR
Three questions EPR needs to answer on compostable packaging
What’s getting less airtime in the discussions around EPR are the mechanisms for executing on compostable packaging commitments and the...
California’s circular experiment: A new environmentalism emerges
California is out front with several landmark circular economy laws; will it be successful?
Will a MRF shortage limit EPR growth?
Where will all the EPR-collected SSR go? Will there be enough MRFs to handle the material?
Preparing for SB 54 design compliance
A recent webinar explored the upcoming implementation of California's packaging EPR bill, which embeds the APR Design Guide in its...
Electronics EPR proposal nixed in Oregon
State leadership asked MRM to offer more specifics before it will be named Oregon’s PRO in 2027.
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...
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