Broad and Powerful EPR Law Passes in California
With Oregon and Maine leading the way, and recently Colorado, California has stepped up big in its passing of an EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) law that will have profound effects not only on its own state’s producers of plastic products through a required transformation to reusable, recyclable, and/or compostable content (in some instances in only two years), but also to many others. These large factories don’t just produce for California alone, so the surplus that is exported will also contain planet-positive solutions. With firm restrictions on single-use plastics and the requirement that plastic makers take financial responsibility for the state’s recycling program, the effects of this new law will be transformative. Companies that use plastic products in their supply chain, such as food producers, are scrambling to find forward-compliant solutions that will satisfy the new law and make for a leg-up in how their brand(s) are perceived. Consumers are increasingly seeing the need for going green. Read more about what is exactly contained in California’s new EPR law in this great article featured on July 5th in the New York Times.
Our EPR-compliant Solutions: EarthGuard
The logo for Portco’s latest line of local sustainable packaging options, EarthGuard.
Here at Portco we’ve gotten ahead of the curve with our new line of packaging, EarthGuard. In an effort to support producers when it comes to EPR compliancy, EarthGuard features local, sustainable solutions that manifest into four different packaging options: recycle ready, compostable, and post-consumer recycled content (PCR). With feeding the circular economy as the main focus, EarthGuard brings fresh and critical energy to the recycle stream and offers food producers the chance to make both material type and material source choices that not only gets them in line with state legislation, but also helps Mother Earth. Read more about EarthGuard here.