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Countdown to Compliance: California’s New “Recyclable” Labeling Law
The 18-month clock is now ticking for businesses to comply with California’s Senate Bill (SB) 343, also known as the “Truth in Recycling” law, which addresses permissible recyclable claims. In 2021, California passed SB 343, which creates stricter requirements for use of the familiar “chasing arrows” symbol or any...
Moving Targets: Multi-State EPR Packaging Laws—Key Updates & Deadlines
Across the country, states are enacting so called “Extended Producer Responsibility” (EPR) laws aimed at reducing plastic waste and shifting the cost of recycling these plastics from the consumer back to the producer. This is done primarily by establishing a Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO), an entity to which producers...