California’s SB 54 plastic packaging EPR: November 15 deadline explained and what’s next

California’s SB 54 plastic packaging EPR law is the most ambitious packaging policy in the United States. It requires producers to meet strict source-reduction, recyclability, and recycling-rate targets through 2032 and mandates joining a producer responsibility organization (PRO) or operating an approved plan by January 1, 2027. A key source of confusion has been the […]