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Maine enacts first US extended producer responsibility law for packaging

Posted by Jon Elliott on Wed, Sep 01, 2021

In recent years, governments around the world have extended solid waste management efforts to support—and in some cases require—recycling and resource recovery efforts to divert more solid wastes from landfills, and to substitute reused materials or raw materials. Increasingly, specialized stewardship programs target particular types of hazardous wastes – used oils, spent batteries, etc. – the national advocacy group Product Stewardship Institute identifies more than 120 such programs spread among 34 US states (I introduced these efforts HERE). Maine already has a number of these programs.

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Tags: Environment, environmental law, Maine, Recyclable, Packaging