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Episode 33: Talking Reuse, Bottle Deposits and EPR with Upstream Solutions
2021-09-23 08:00:00| Waste Age
Upstream Solutions was founded in 2003 by a group of zero waste activists and policymakers in the United States and Canada. The organization works to redesign the systems that generate waste. The organization has been around for nearly 20 year
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Oregon Joins Maine and Passes EPR Legislation
2021-08-09 13:19:00| Waste Age
SALEM, Ore. Today, Oregon became the nations second state, following closely behind Maine, to require producers of packaging, paper products, and food service ware (consumer brands) to share responsibility for supporting effective recycling progra
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EPR - Where We Stand & Where We Are Headed (WasteExpo 2021)
2021-07-20 09:00:00| Waste Age
Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is a form of product stewardship thlegat intends to make manufacturers responsible for the post-consumer recovery and recycling of their products. In other words, it aims to shift the cost of residential recycli
Statewide EPR is Coming to the United States
2021-06-29 13:26:00| Waste Age
Day One of WasteExpo kicked off with a bang. Among the topics was a movement toward Environmental Producer Responsibility. Read on for an inside peek. Statewide Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation is coming to the U.S., and soon.
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More Than 100 Leading Businesses Call for EPR for Packaging
2021-06-15 13:09:00| Waste Age
Today for the first time, more than 100 businesses in the packaging value chain, together with more than 50 other organisations, publicly recognise that without Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) packaging collection and recycling is unlikely to
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