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Commission pauses on packaging EPR; presenters urge harmonized implementation and commission recommends funded needs assessment
Summary
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Product Stewardship Advisory Commission heard two hour-long presentations on packaging extended producer responsibility and, citing outstanding questions about costs, equity and program sequencing, stopped short of recommending immediate state EPR legislation. Instead the commission signaled that a funded needs assessment and cost analysis are needed before endorsing packaging EPR.
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Product Stewardship Advisory Commission did not adopt packaging EPR at this meeting. Instead, after extended presentations and a lengthy Q&A, the commission signaled consensus around the need for a funded needs assessment and additional technical work before forwarding a legislative recommendation.
Two outside presenters described implementation experience and options. Peter, representing the Circular Action Alliance (a producer responsibility organization), described the organization—s experience implementing packaging EPR in multiple states and said harmonization of definitions, reporting and timelines across states reduces implementation burdens. "Harmonization is really one of our key strategic operating principles," he said, and he recommended a 4 —1-year implementation window with ecomodulation factors set…
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