Items Tagged with 'packaging legislation'

The Flexible Packaging Association was critical of the legislation, saying it included unattainable mandates and would threaten the affordability of essential goods for all New York residents. AMERIPEN expressed similar reservations.

Position paper identifies six policy levers — Funding Model, Funding System Design, Fee-Setting & Eco-modulation, Performance Targets, Responsible End Markets, and Covered Materials — that states can use to build structured, harmonized EPR systems. 

Veteran industry leader to lead SB 54 implementation and stakeholder engagement.

Several deadlines for registering with a state’s Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) have already passed, including in Colorado and Oregon. Others are quickly approaching.

It's great to see breaking news in the packaging industry emerging from the state level, particularly with the introduction of new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws and economic development surrounding new or expanded packaging facilities.

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 FDA proposed a front-of-package nutrition label for most packaged foods, indicating levels of saturated fat, sodium, and added sugars as "Low," "Med," or "High." Comments are accepted until May 16, 2025. Packaging Strategies will monitor and share various perspectives on the proposal.

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

Since 2020, at least 10 states have enacted laws mandating recycled content in packaging, adding new external pressures across the supply chain.