The first public opportunity to comment on California’s latest extended producer responsibility for packaging draft regulations stretched past the allotted time frame, with some speakers saying changes to a chemical recycling regulation section were unlawful. Continue Reading→
Author: Bob Hollis
Newsom scuttled the finalization of a landmark waste law, leading CalRecycle to propose new rules. Critics say the rules pander to industry by making broad exemptions.
Source: CalRecycle introduces revised landmark waste law regulations – Los Angeles Times
Circular Action Alliance (CAA), the first nonprofit producer responsibility organization in the U.S., is rapidly expanding to help industries comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws in multiple states by building harmonized, transparent, and practical recycling systems. CEO Jeff Fielkow highlights the organization’s focus on collaboration, data-driven planning, and innovation to improve recycling infrastructure, streamline compliance, and drive circular economy goals across the country.
CRT volumes decline, but end is not yet in sight
Cathode ray tube devices, long the major headache material for the electronics recycling industry, continue to make up less and less of the end-of-life stream, but they’re nowhere near gone completely, based on state program data and interviews with e-scrap processors.
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CAA announces program updates, personnel changes
Changes are coming at producer responsibility organization Circular Action Alliance in California, with Rachel Wagoner moving out of the California executive director role and into an “external advisory capacity.”
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California advisory board examines barriers to EPR
Members of the California extended producer responsibility for packaging advisory board have identified dozens of barriers to implementation and offered up possible solutions in a recent report.
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The agency will host a public meeting May 27 to take feedback. Circular Action Alliance, the packaging EPR program’s PRO, plans to hire a new state lead as former CalRecycle director Rachel Wagoner steps aside.
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery released a revised draft of SB 54 regulations, two months after the governor rejected the first version of the extended producer responsibility for paper and packaging rules. Continue Reading→
The Biodegradable Products Institute says it’s still waiting to hear whether there could be a compliance extension for a key provision of AB 1201 poised to affect compostables in the state come 2026.
First-person perspective: Key developments in California’s plastic laws
California continues to be a leader in sustainability with the passage of a series of laws aimed at increasing diversion, waste reduction and consumer knowledge. SB 54 In 2022, California enacted Senate Bill 54, or the Plastic Pollution Prevention and …
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