Packaura
/ August 24, 2026
If your brand sells packaged products to Washington consumers, a new law now makes you responsible for what happens to that packaging after it leaves the shelf. Washington’s Recycling Reform Act (SB 5284) created the state’s first extended producer responsibility (EPR) program for packaging and
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Packaura
/ August 14, 2026
Washington became the seventh U.S. state to pass a packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) law when Governor Bob Ferguson signed SB 5284, the Recycling Reform Act, on May 17, 2025. If your brand sells packaged consumer products into Washington, the law creates a new set
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Packaura
/ August 13, 2026
As of January 1, 2026, Ontario’s Blue Box program is fully funded and operated by the producers who supply packaging, paper products, and packaging-like products to Ontario consumers. Municipalities no longer run curbside recycling collection contracts or foot the bill, and the legacy Stewardship Ontario
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