A Uniform Statewide Collection List (USCL) Campaign Webinar will be held on Wednesday, October. 30 at 1 pm PT that will share USCL communications components under development by CAA. Upon completion of the webinar, attendees will receive a survey via email where specific feedback can be provided. Please note, your feedback will remain confidential and will only be used by our teams to improve upon the USCL campaign components. CAA may also contact local governments and service providers to further discuss feedback received for those parties willing.

This webinar follows an Introductory Webinar that was held on October 9, providing background details about CAA’s plan for development of education and outreach materials and upcoming activities in the review process.

This webinar is for Oregon local governments and service providers

Circular Action Alliance is developing education and outreach materials in preparation for the launch of the Recycling Modernization Act (RMA), as described in CAA's program plan, with support from The Recycling Partnership. This webinar explains more about these efforts. It is an opportunity for organizations to share experiences and best practices in educating Oregonians about recycling and identify priorities for resources.

Webinar topics included:

• Introduction to Circular Action Alliance and The Recycling Partnership

• What’s happening in OR

• What to Expect in 2024 and 2025

• Q&A

Please complete this form if you are the best contact for education and outreach consultations, and would like to be invited to future webinars on the topic.

Description: The Colorado program plan will vision into the future to assess needed infrastructure investments to improve collection and recycling rates, close loops by developing end markets, and fill gaps in transforming collected material into usable commodities in manufacturing. 

Recommended Attendees:

• Local Governments

• Collectors

• Processors

• NGOs

• Composters

• Others Interested

For more information on the Colorado consultation process including background, resources, and how to participate, click here.

Description: Colorado’s program plan must include eco-modulation factors that incentivize innovations in packing while discouraging other potentially detrimental packaging decisions. In this session, CAA will discuss the eco-modulation factors, approaches being used elsewhere, reporting, package design incentivization, and other issues. The session will also solicit input on required plan elements around reusable and refillable covered materials.

Recommended Attendees:

• Producers

• Processors

• End Markets

• NGOs

• Others Interested

For more information on the Colorado consultation process including background, resources, and how to participate, click here.

Description: Colorado's EPR program is intended to build and support a circular economy. To that end, the program plan must include elements that prioritize responsible end markets. This session will address considerations around responsible end markets and fostering circularity.

Recommended Attendees:

• Producers

• Processors

• End Markets

• NGOs

• Others Interested

For more information on the Colorado consultation process including background, resources, and how to participate, click here.

The last session of a four-part webinar series on Oregon’s new extended producer responsibility (EPR) law for packaging, paper, and food serviceware focused on printing and writing paper. Hosted by the Product Stewardship Institute on behalf of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and in partnership with Circular Action Alliance (CAA), this webinar aims to inform producers about their upcoming obligations under Oregon’s law, which has a start date of July 1, 2025.

This video includes:

• An overview of extended producer responsibility (EPR) and its current status in the U.S.

• A detailed explanation of Oregon’s new EPR regulation, including how to join a PRO, reporting requirements, fee structures, and enforcement.

• A specific guidance for e-commerce packaging producers on identification of products covered under the law and compliance.

• An extensive Q&A to answer all of your questions.

Description: As more recycled material is collected and provided into the supply chain, Colorado's EPR program requires the program plan to include methods to increase PCR content in packaging, a process to verify PCR content, and a method of securing end market feedstocks for interested producers. In this session, CAA will outline these requirements and solicit feedback from stakeholders.

Recommended Attendees:

• Producers

• Processors

• End Markets

• NGOs

• Others Interested

For more information on the Colorado consultation process including background, resources, and how to participate, click here.

Description: Colorado's program plan proposal must include an objective cost formula for reimbursing the net recycling service costs for service providers, including processors, in the system. In this session, CAA will turn to reimbursement considerations and frameworks for MRFs and composters.

Recommended Attendees:

• MRFs

• Recyclers

• Composters

• End Markets

• Other Interested

For more information on the Colorado consultation process including background, resources, and how to participate, click here.

Description: Colorado's program plan proposal must include an objective cost formula for reimbursing of the net recycling service costs of providers in the system. In this session, CAA will outline the statutory requirements, options and considerations for the reimbursement pathways, probe non-residential collection and multi-family housing, and methodology framework for collection reimbursement. This session will specifically address reimbursement elements for collection services providers including private, public, nonprofit, curbside, and drop off. 

Recommended Attendees:

• Local Governments

• Haulers

• Non-Residential & Multifamily Housing

• Others Interested

For more information on the Colorado consultation process including background, resources, and how to participate, click here.

Description: CAA will outline requirements addressing compostables in the program plan, discuss contamination, compostable packaging, and education and outreach specific to compostables.

Recommended Attendees:

• Composters

• Producers

• Local Governments

• Haulers

• NGOs

• Non-Residential & Multifamily Housing

• Others Interested

For more information on the Colorado consultation process including background, resources, and how to participate, click here.

Join members of the CAA team for an open Q&A ahead of the next Producer Working Group. This session is only open to producers registered with CAA, their legal counsel, and trade associations.

Registration is now closed. Attendees who are not signed up by the August 7 deadline will not be permitted to join the webinar.