Packaging EPR Weekly Updates

Every update, with its own address

The EPR Atlas is reviewed every week across state agency rulemaking and notices, the Circular Action Alliance, court dockets and filings, federal bill activity, and the trade press. Everything that changed gets logged here. 101 entries are currently published.

Week of October 26, 2026

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• CalRecycle Takes Public Comment on CAA's California Plan Through November 13 Comment Period · CA
• CalRecycle Director Moves to Dismiss the Multistate SB 54 Suit Litigation · CA
• Rhode Island Posts Its Draft Analysis of Five Packaging and Deposit Options Comment Period · RI

Week of October 19, 2026

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• CAA Sets December 8 for Registered Minnesota Producers to Add Their Brand Information Regulatory · MN
• NAW Files a Motion for a Stay Pending Appeal in Its Oregon Case Litigation · OR
• CalRecycle Confirms It Received CAA's California Plan and Has 75 Days to Act Regulatory · CA

Week of October 12, 2026

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• CAA Submits Final Draft California Plan to CalRecycle Regulatory · CA
• New One-Pager on the California Final Draft Plan Site Update
• Auto Care Association Moves to Join NAW's Challenge to Colorado's EPR Law Litigation · CO
• CAA Takes Comments on Its Draft California Reimbursement Application Through November 3 Regulatory · CA

Week of October 5, 2026

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• Interchange 360 Posts Its 2027 Colorado Eco-Modulation Guidance Fee Update · CO
• Food and Packaging Groups Move to Add SB 54 Claims to Their SB 343 Lawsuit Litigation · CA

Week of September 28, 2026

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• Oregon Publishes Its Second Producer Status List, Naming 198 Producers Enforcement · OR
• CAA Publishes 2027 Fee Schedules for Oregon, Colorado, and California Fee Update · OR, CO, CA, CAA
• Interchange 360 Moves Colorado Lubricant Packaging Dues to Material-Based Rates in 2027 Fee Update · CO
• Washington Opens Comment on Its Draft Preliminary Needs Assessment Comment Period · WA
• Rhode Island Sets a Comment Period and Hearing on Its Packaging EPR Implementation Analysis Comment Period · RI
• NAW's Oregon Appeal Gets a Ninth Circuit Briefing Schedule Litigation · OR
• Court Denies Environmental Groups' Bid to Defend California's SB 343 Litigation · CA
• Both Fee Calculators Now Use the 2027 Rates Site Update
• CAA Publishes 2027 Washington Early Fees Fee Update · WA

Week of September 21, 2026

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• Oregon Opens Comment on Changes to Its Covered Material Categories Comment Period · OR
• CalRecycle Opens Feedback on the Study That Defines Recyclable in California Comment Period · CA
• Newsom Vetoes SB 1180; AB 2253 Still Undecided Legislative · CA
• CAA Opens Comment on the California Funding and Services Agreement Comment Period · CA, CAA
• Oregon Proposes New Packaging Exemptions in Its Third RMA Rulemaking Comment Period · OR
• NAW Appeals the Oregon EPR Ruling to the Ninth Circuit Litigation · OR
• Newsom Vetoes AB 2253 on Recycled Content Claims Legislative · CA

Week of September 14, 2026

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• Maryland Issues a September 2026 Compliance Guide Update · MD
• Two Dates Now Govern the SB 343 and Oregon Cases Litigation · CA, OR
• Minnesota Opens Comment on Its Draft Needs Assessment Comment Period · MN
• Maine Will Rewrite Its Stewardship Organization RFP Update · ME
• The Oregon Enforcement Pause Date Has Passed With No Extension on the Docket Litigation · OR
• Compare seven states on eleven rows, with the provision behind every cell Site Update
• The PACK Act and the RMAA Clear the Full Energy and Commerce Committee Legislative · FEDERAL
• Colorado Responds to NAW's Injunction Motion in Federal Court Litigation · CO

Week of September 6, 2026

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• California Early Fee Payment Is Due Within 45 Days Fee Update · CA
• ILMA Seeks a Colorado Injunction for Its Members Litigation · CO
• The Federal PACK Act Cleared Its First Markup Legislative · FEDERAL

Week of August 30, 2026

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• California AB 2253 Has Passed the Legislature Legislative · CA
• Rhode Island Names Its Needs Assessment Consultant Update · RI
• New: two pages on B2B packaging and on reporting volumes you cannot see Site Update

Week of August 23, 2026

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• No One Bid to Run Maine Packaging EPR Program and the State Is Reassessing Delay · ME
• Seventeen States and NAW Move to Block SB 54 Outright Litigation · CA
• Washington Advisory Council Published Its August 13 Votes and Both Passed Regulatory · WA
• California AB 2253 Was Amended on the Senate Floor With a Week Left Legislative · CA
• Washington Posted New Draft Rule Text and Oregon Held Its Second Consultation Comment Period · WA, OR
• Washington Ecology Published a Single Needs Assessment Timeline Deadline · WA
• Oregon Wins: Court Upholds the Recycling Modernization Act Litigation · OR

Week of August 16, 2026

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• California AB 2253 Clears Suspense 5-2, and Its Mass Balance Ban Is Gone Legislative · CA
• Oregon Court Narrows the Open Question in NAW v. Feldon; Still No Ruling Litigation · OR
• California Program Plan Comment Period Closed; Final Plan Goes to CalRecycle in October Deadline · CA
• Washington Has a Second Comment Period Open, on the Rule Itself, Closing September 2 Comment Period · WA
• A Second Federal Labeling Bill Lands, and This One Would Preempt State Law Only on Resin Codes Legislative · FEDERAL
• CAA Opens Oregon 2028 to 2032 Plan Consultations, Where Eco-Modulation Maluses Would First Appear Comment Period · OR
• Washington Advisory Council Takes Two Votes on What the Statewide Recycling Lists Should Include Regulatory · WA

Week of August 10, 2026

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• Colorado Came One Day Short of Putting a Dues Appeal Process in Statute Legislative · CO
• Georgia Sets Up a Senate Recycling Study Committee Update · GA
• Washington Opens Public Comment on Its Draft Recycling Lists; Closes August 19 Comment Period · WA
• California AB 2253 Parked on the Senate Suspense File; August 13 Is the Real Decision Legislative · CA
• Oregon Opens Comment on the CAA Annual Report; Comments Due September 10 Comment Period · OR
• New Senate Bill Would Study Recycled Content Tracking, Not Regulate It Legislative · FEDERAL
• Oregon Has Not Published Its Second Noncompliance List, and the First One Is Now Email Only Enforcement · OR
• The State Deep Dive now jumps to sections, and every state announces how it differs Site Update

Week of August 3, 2026

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• CalRecycle Raises Carton Sortation Coverage to 62%, and That Does Not Make Cartons Recyclable in California Recyclability · CA
• CAA Publishes California's 2026 Early Fee Schedule: Six Flat Per-Pound Rates Apply This Program Year Fee Schedule · CA
• A rebuilt EPR Atlas, organized around where you are rather than what we have Site Update
• Correction: the California 2026 early fee schedule was missing from two pages Site Update

Week of July 27, 2026

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• NAW Files Third Packaging EPR Suit, Targets Colorado, and This One Seeks an Injunction Litigation · CO
• Environmental Groups Move to Defend California SB 343; Intervention Hearing Set for August 31 Litigation · CA
• Massachusetts Packaging EPR Stalls as Formal Session Closes July 31 Legislative · MA
• Colorado ILMA Challenge Still Pending; That Case Sought No Injunction, So Fees Remain Due Litigation · CO
• Maine DEP Publishes a Fixed Annual Compliance Calendar, Plus a $500 Per Ton Flat Fee for Low-Volume Producers Update · ME

Week of July 20, 2026

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• Oregon DEQ Agrees to Pause Pre-Enforcement Notices Against Non-NAW Producers Until at Least August 31 Enforcement · OR
• Minnesota Opens Packaging EPR Rulemaking; First Comment Window Closed July 24 Comment Period · MN
• Maine Municipal Opt-In Runs Near 18 Percent as Stewardship Organization Selection Proceeds Update · ME
• CAA Webinar Calendar: California Fee-Setting August 5, Oregon 2028-2032 Plan Series Begins August 12 Deadline · CAA
• Washington Releases Draft Statewide Collection Lists; Subcommittee Meets August 4 and 10 Ahead of August Public Comment Comment Period · WA
• California Individual Source Reduction Plans Due August 1 Deadline · CA
• Oregon NAW Trial Concludes; Judge to Rule on RMA by End of August Litigation · OR
• CAA Oregon Releases First Annual Report: $167.9 Million in Producer Fee Revenue for 2025 Update · OR
• SB 54 Litigation Update: Industry and Agriculture Seek to Intervene in Environmental Challenge Litigation · CA
• PACK Act and RMAA Get First Committee Hearing; No Markup Scheduled Legislative · FEDERAL
• Maine Timeline Firms Up: SO Proposals Due August 3; Registration Expected to Begin at End of 2026 Update · ME
• New: Design for Recyclability Rater (beta) Site Update

Week of July 13, 2026

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• Federal Court Blocks Enforcement of California SB 343 Recyclability Labeling Law Litigation · CA
• Second Lawsuit Challenges Oregon Packaging EPR Law; Class Action Targets Non-NAW Producers Litigation · OR
• California AB 2253 (Recycled Content Claims) Clears Senate Environmental Quality 4-2, Advances to Appropriations Legislative · CA
• California Agriculture Coalition Urges SB 54 Repeal and Replacement Legislative · CA
• New: Design for Recyclability Tab Site Update
• New: Resources Tab Site Update

Week of July 6, 2026

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• CAA Held July 8 Public Webinar on California SB 54 Program Plan Comment Period · CA
• New: Combined "State Tracker" Tab Site Update

Week of June 29, 2026

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• Environmental Groups Sue CalRecycle Over SB 54 Regulations, Alleging Unlawful Loopholes Litigation · CA
• Oregon DEQ Publishes First Quarterly Noncompliance List Under the Recycling Modernization Act Enforcement · OR

Week of June 22, 2026

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• 17-State Coalition and NAW File Federal Challenge to California SB 54 Litigation · CA, 17 STATES
• Maine DEP Issues Stewardship Organization RFP; Program Implementation Advances Update · ME
• Colorado CDPHE Moves to Dismiss ILMA Challenge to Packaging EPR Program Litigation · CO

Week of June 15, 2026

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• CAA Files Draft SB 54 Program Plan; 60-Day Public Comment Period Opens Comment Period · CA
• Court Denies AF&PA Bid to Join Oregon NAW Suit; Injunction Confirmed NAW-Members-Only Litigation · OR
• New This Week: California Draft Fee Schedule, Expanded Fee Estimator, and EPR Fees by State Site Update