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Legislation & Regulation

Updates on key pieces of legislation and government regulations affecting the waste and recycling industry, including from the EPA.

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A Sustainability Talks Video Series featuring waste, recycling, and sustainability experts who have stories to tell around building more sustainable business systems and world.
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NWRA Urges Support for DRIVE-Safe Act
Aug 06, 2021
Arlington, VA – The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) issued an Action Alert, urging members to contact their senators in support of the DRIVE-Safe Act. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) filed an amendment to remove the DRIVE-Safe Act...
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NWRA Urges Support for Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
Aug 06, 2021
Arlington, VA – The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) joined other associations on a letter to senators urging support for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The investments included in the bipartisan bill would...
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EPR - Where We Stand & Where We Are Headed (WasteExpo 2021)
Jul 22, 2021
Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is a form of product stewardship thlegat intends to make manufacturers responsible for the post-consumer recovery and recycling of their products. In other words, it aims to shift the cost of residential...
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Comments from Canada and the U.S. on Canada’s Plastics Ban
Jul 20, 2021
There’s been stir over a bold decision around plastics in Canada: legislation to designate six single-use plastic product types as toxic and to ban them under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA); the ban could take effect December...
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More Than 100 Leading Businesses Call for EPR for Packaging
Jun 15, 2021
Today for the first time, more than 100 businesses in the packaging value chain, together with more than 50 other organisations, publicly recognise that without Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) packaging collection and recycling is unlikely...
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