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Recycling and Extended Producers Liability Laws

MCLI Recommendation: “The federal government should consider design requirements on electronic products that facilitate repurposing and recycling.”

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Example States and State Governments

California’s Global Warming Solutions Act and AB 341

California’s Global Warming Solutions Act (2006) prompted a scoping plan from the California Air Resources Board that included mandatory commercial recycling in order to achieve a reduction of five mi...
Resource States and State Governments

Bottle Bill Resource Guide

The Container Recycling Institute’s projects at bottlebill.org and container-recycling.org document active and proposed bottle bills in the US and abroad.
Example States and State Governments

Maine’s Extended Producer Responsibility for Plastic Packaging

In July 2021, Maine became the first state in the nation to adopt a law requiring companies that create consumer packaging to pay for the costs of recycling. LD 1541 establishes an “extended producer ...
Resource Local Governments

Comparison of State Laws on Electronics Recycling

The Electronics TakeBack Coalition’s 2013 spreadsheet comparing state laws on electronics recycling provides a survey of states with producer responsibility laws and other models.
Resource Local Governments

Report, Disposal Bans and Mandatory Recycling in the United States

The 2017 report from the Northeast Recycling Council catalogs disposal bans and mandatory recycling laws across all 50 states.
Model Law States and State Governments

LPDD Model Law: State Extended Producer Responsibility Legislation

This model state law addresses Extended Producer Responsibility for collection opportunities and recycling of packaging for all types of consumer products. Numerous states have developed EPR bills of ...
Resource States and State Governments

Report, Extended Producer Liability in the United States

The Harvard Kennedy School’s 2013 report, Extended Producer Liability in the United States, describes the evolution of EPR policies in the United States, focusing on the role of states. In notes that ...
Resource States and State Governments

Product Stewardship Institute

The Product Stewardship Institute is a public-private partnership researching, designing, implementing, evaluating, and promoting producer responsibility laws and voluntary programs that solve recycli...