NRC webinar Series Reshaping Recycling: What You Need to Know – Part II

Reshaping Recycling: What You Need to Know – Part II: The Current State of Packaging EPR and Responsible End Markets- The Complexity of Fragmented Markets. Description: The recycling landscape is at a pivotal moment. As packaging EPR laws move from passage to implementation, critical decisions are now being shaped through state rulemaking, legal challenges, program development, and emerging standards that will influence how recycling systems operate in practice for years to come. The National Recycling Coalition presents an informative session with Heidi Sanborn, National Stewardship Action Council (NSAC), Tristan Steichen, Management Consultant and the Executive Director of the National Lubricant Container Recycling Coalition, Jay Bassett NRC Board Chair and former EPA official, and special guests, for an important and timely webinar focused on the current state of Packaging EPR and Responsible End Markets across the country. This session will explore how states, PROs, stewardship organizations, recyclers, and policy leaders are navigating implementation in real time, while addressing growing conversations around harmonization, labeling, material acceptance, responsible end markets, recycled content standards, and system integrity. What This Webinar Will Explore · How packaging EPR implementation is unfolding across states, from injunctions to active rulemaking and program implementation · The role of producer responsibility organizations (PROs) and why some states have multiple · The implications of harmonization efforts across material acceptance, definitions, labeling, and recycled content standards · How definitions, standards, and labeling frameworks are evolving, including harmonization, and why they matter · What these shifts could mean for recyclers, communities, and the integrity of recycling systems · Perspectives from PROs and stewardship organizations operating EPR programs, alongside organizations involved in policy development and implementation, on the opportunities and challenges shaping these systems in real time