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DEQ and PRO report early progress and rulemaking timeline for Oregon's Recycling Modernization Act

Senate Energy and Environment Committee · January 13, 2026
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Summary

DEQ and the state’s producer responsibility organization reported implementation milestones for the Recycling Modernization Act, including producer registration numbers, deployed reimbursements, planned exemptions rulemaking and a target for proposed final rules in early 2027.

The Department of Environmental Quality and the state’s producer responsibility organization updated the Senate Energy and Environment Committee on Jan. 13 about implementation of the Recycling Modernization Act (RMA), describing progress, exemptions work and early compliance efforts.

Logan Gillis (DEQ) and Cheryl Grama (DEQ materials management) reviewed the product stewardship model: producers join a producer responsibility organization (PRO) that establishes collection networks and reports to DEQ. DEQ said it has completed multiple rulemakings and implementation milestones since the law's passage and is managing a third rulemaking that…

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