“Shane Buckingham, Circular Action Alliance EPR program planning lead, told Resource Recycling that it’s ‘all about making sure that producers have the right information, that they are equipped to be able to participate in the program.’”

• CAA announces executive director for Oregon.

• The need for producers to register with CAA.

• CAA welcomes new team members

• CAA is collaborating with Oregon DEQ and PSI on a summer webinar series targeted toward producers of products covered by the RMA.

• On July 1, 2024, CalRecycle published a finalized list of Covered Material Categories (CMCs). The finalized CMC list will be the basis for producer reporting in California. CAA will provide additional guidance to producers over the coming months regarding data preparation and reporting.

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• CAA Announces executive director for Colorado.

• CAA Producer Registration Deadline is July 1, 2024

• CAA participated in a keynote panel at Recycle Colorado’s Summit for Recycling alongside CDPHE and Recycle Colorado. CAA CO Executive Director Juri Freeman also spoke to attendees about his vision for the state’s EPR program.

• On May 30, CAA participated in the first meeting of the Maryland Advisory Council as Maryland’s single approved PRO. CAA provided an overview of work in other states, including a review of the Colorado Needs Assessment. The next Maryland Advisory Council meeting will be held on July 25.

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“Freeman will hit the ground running when he joins CAA as executive director on June 18. Colorado is in the process of implementing its extended producer responsibility program for packaging and paper products, and CAA is its producer responsibility organization tasked with building the program plan.”

“Schwarze called on producers to engage with the producer responsibility organization — which is already serving in California, Colorado and Oregon, and in an advisory role in Maryland — as soon as possible because it’s on producers to understand whether they count as an obligated producer in different states with these EPR laws.”

• Visit CAA at Circularity24

• CAA Producer Registration Deadline is July 1, 2024

• The Oregon Recycling System Optimization Project (ORSOP) began earlier this month. Through this process, additional data will be gathered to better understand the landscape of current recycling systems and to gauge what system expansion is needed.

• CAA submitted comments to CalRecycle regarding the formal SB 54 rulemaking on May 8. Following the formal comment period, CalRecycle has until January 1, 2025, to promulgate the rules.

• And More!

“EPR is a complex and constantly moving target. As a brand, what should you be doing right now to prepare for upcoming regulations? At NPE: The Plastics Show, John Hite, [Regulatory & Stakeholder Engagement Advisor] at Circular Action Alliance (CAA), provided a primer on EPR for Packaging, CAA, and what you need to do to meet upcoming deadlines.”