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Advisory group debates PRO powers, data confidentiality and potential impacts on local haulers and recyclers
Summary
Participants disagreed on how much control producer responsibility organizations (PROs) should have, what statutory data protections are needed, and whether EPR will concentrate investment with large multinational producers at the expense of local haulers and recyclers.
The meeting included a sustained governance discussion about producer responsibility organizations (PROs), data confidentiality and how a future EPR system would affect existing haulers and recyclers.
Industry and hauler representatives warned that producers and PROs could hold too much influence without statutory guardrails. Several participants asked that any needs assessment or producer reporting be handled by an independent third party (for example, a CPA firm) and that statutory protections be added to prevent…
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