Source reduction is a team sport for producers
California’s extended producer responsibility for packaging requirements under SB 54 are becoming a closer reality. One of the upcoming milestones will be a producer responsibility organization-wide target for reducing overall weight and number of plastic components by 10% come Jan. 1, 2027.
Producers’ individual source reduction plans based on 2023 data were due to producer responsibility organization Circular Action Alliance in early August, outlining a path forward via some combination of eliminating material, implementing reuse and refill, lightweighting, substituting materials or incorporating PCR.
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