EPR for Packaging: Then and Now

Five years ago, my colleague Jamie Rhodes and Matt Prindiville authored a piece for Plastics Recycling Update called EPR is the Answer. It was the culmination of four years of work to develop and pass extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging legislation in the United States, which would require consumer brands to pay for the collection and recycling of their packaging, plus litter prevention and clean-up and public outreach.