Companies including Ball, Kraft Heinz and SC Johnson registered their support. This adds to other packaging-related bills in the 119th Congress, including the STEWARD Act and the Farewell to Foam Act. Packaging stakeholders representing plastics,...

U.S. Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) and Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) introduced the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act, legislation that would require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a pilot program to improve recycling accessibility in...

Advisory groups in Maryland have shared a needs assessment and a packaging extended producer responsibility recommendation with the state legislature, finding that EPR for paper and plastic packaging could increase collection from 984,400 tons to...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) appreciates the opportunity to submit testimony on Senate Bill 5284 (Lovelett), which would establish an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging program in the State of Washington. While we appreciate...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) appreciates the opportunity to submit testimony on House Bill 3512 (Neron), which by 2027 would prohibit the sale of certain products that contain PFAS.

The U.S. EPA launched a massive deregulation effort on Wednesday, announcing 31 actions regulators are taking against the “climate change religion.” The actions span a variety of industries and aim to cut regulatory costs and...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) appreciates the positive changes that have been made to the Hawai’i needs assessment effort, introduced this session as HB 750, which would direct the Hawai’i Department of Health to conduct...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is submitting this memo in opposition to NY S.1464, which directs the Department of Environmental Conservation to establish an Extended Producer Responsibility program in the State of New York.

Regulations for California’s extended producer responsibility for packaging law were not finalized by a March 8 deadline. “The governor is directing CalRecycle to restart these regulations to ensure California’s bold recycling law can achieve its...

We the undersigned organizations representing industries and workers across Rhode Island respectfully request your opposition of H 5166 – High Heat Waste Facility Act of 2025. As currently written the bill includes several broad definitions...

After the election in the fall, all we seemed to hear about was tariffs: tariffs on goods coming from Canada and Mexico, increased tariffs on Chinese goods, and threats of tariffs with just about every...

Most people today know March Madness as the few weeks that begin in March every year when 68 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men’s and women’s college basketball teams compete to be crowned...

In recent years, extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws have been spreading in the United States, requiring the guidance of producer responsibility organizations (PROs) that would be central to each state’s development and implementation of EPR...

In the past four years, five states have passed separate packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws that are now being implemented. Of those five state laws, two state laws require initial EPR planning and performance...

In every state that adopted extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws, producers—however they are defined by statute—must register with their producer responsibility organization (PRO) and submit data about the amount and types of covered materials they...

The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) advanced a recycling proposal on February 5, 2025, that would support initiatives nationwide to increase recycling access, particularly in underserved areas. The Strategies to Eliminate...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) appreciates the opportunity to submit testimony in opposition to Legislative Bill 607 (Bostar), which provides positive changes to Nebraska’s advanced recycling definition, but directs the Department of Environment and Ecology...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) appreciates the opportunity to submit testimony on Senate Bill 269 (Campbell), which directs the Department of Environment and Conservation to establish an extended producer responsibility program in the State of...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) appreciates the opportunity to submit testimony on House Bill 1092 (Del Terrasa), which would narrowly redefine what constitutes recycling in Maryland and ban the construction of advanced recycling facilities in...

As the new Trump administration enacts massive changes nationwide, the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) will be monitoring various issues to ensure policymakers consider how decisions might affect their constituents who work in the packaging industry....

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the voice for the rapidly growing U.S. flexible packaging industry, applauds the introduction and Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee advancement of the Strategies to Eliminate Waste...

The recent change in presidential administrations came and went without an update to the Green Guides, guidelines for environmental marketing claims promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission. An FTC spokesperson confirmed at the end of...

Circular Action Alliance submitted its initial extended producer responsibility plan to Colorado’s advisory board, taking another step on the state’s path to implementation. The plan proposal lays out the details of program operations, including producer...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) appreciates the positive changes that have been made to the Hawai’i needs assessment effort, introduced this session as HB 750, which would direct the Hawai’i Department of Health to conduct...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) appreciates the opportunity to submit testimony on Senate Bill 5284 (Lovelett), which would establish an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging program in the State of Washington. While we appreciate...

With a stark change in power in the nation’s capital, this year brings some major landscape shifts for organizations navigating packaging and adjacent policy and regulation. 2025 is also expected to feature more EPR negotiations...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is strongly supportive of A4902 (Spearman), which would direct the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to conduct a statewide needs assessment for the recycling of packaging products.

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) appreciates the opportunity to submit testimony on House Bill 1150 (Berry), which would establish an Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging program in the State of Washington. While we appreciate the...