Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)

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Throughout the 2024–25 legislative cycle, AMERIPEN served as a technical resource for policymakers, providing evidence-based recommendations that shaped multiple drafts of SB 5284 and informed the compromise language that reached the Governor’s desk.

AMERIPEN co-led a high-impact advocacy fly-in to engage with legislators on the Affordable Waste Reduction Act, a packaging EPR bill introduced by New York State Senator Monica Martinez and Assemblymember Chantel Jackson.

The law requires packaging producers to fund and manage the recycling system, marking a major milestone in the state’s effort to reduce waste; boost packaging reuse, recycling, and composting; and build a more circular economy.

We recently sat down with Dillon Baxter, co-founder and CEO of PlantSwitch, to discuss the company’s alternative plastic products that have been hitting national retail shelves from Costco to Walmart.

Now headed to the desk of Governor Bob Ferguson, Washington’s EPR legislation is largely modeled after Minnesota’s EPR legislation.

The Senate will consider the amended bill in the coming days since the 2025 legislative session is scheduled to adjourn on April 27.

If signed by Governor Wes Moore, law will become the sixth packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) bill passed in the United States.

In this insightful interview, Emily Wynne of Quantis explains the crucial role that top-notch data collection and data processing will play in companies’ efforts to comply with Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations.

Alberta’s EPR framework, designed in collaboration with industry and community stakeholders, includes thousands of different single-use plastic packaging and paper products (PPP) and hazardous and special products (HSP) like batteries and pesticides.

Law requires producers to contribute to the responsible management of packaging waste. Affected packaging materials include plastic containers, glass bottles, aluminum cans, and paper-based packaging.