Packaura
/ November 10, 2026
Oregon was the first U.S. state to actually enforce an extended producer responsibility (EPR) program for packaging, and that head start means Oregon’s rules are now the template other states are copying. If your brand ships packaged products, printed paper, or food serviceware into Oregon,
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Packaura
/ October 24, 2026
If your company ships packaged products into more than one state, you’ve probably noticed that “extended producer responsibility” doesn’t mean the same thing everywhere. California, Oregon, Colorado, Maine, and Minnesota have each passed their own packaging EPR law, and while they share a basic structure
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Packaura
/ September 26, 2026
California’s SB 54 (the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act) measures producers’ source-reduction progress against a 2023 baseline: how much plastic covered material was sold, offered for sale, or distributed into California during calendar year 2023. Under 14 CCR § 18980.9, that baseline
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Packaura
/ September 24, 2026
If your products ship into more than one state, packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) has probably already landed on your desk — usually as an email from a producer responsibility organization asking you to register your packaging and report tonnage you’ve never had to track
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