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DEEP DIVE: U.S. Lawmakers, Packaging Manufacturers Emphasize Need for Federal EPR Implementation

March 22, 2024Stefan Modrich, Reporter, 3E News Team

EPW Committee Chairman Sen. Tom Carper, (D-De.), second from right, and H. Fisk Johnson, CEO S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc., left, shake hands as Dan Felton, executive director at the American Institute for Packaging and the Environment, right, and Erin Simon, vice president and head of plastic waste and...

DEEP DIVE: Experts, U.S. Lawmakers Urge Collaboration on Mitigation of Microplastics

March 22, 2024Stefan Modrich, Reporter, 3E News Team

( Editor’s Note: 3E is expanding news coverage to provide customers with insights into topics that enable a safer, more sustainable world by protecting people, safeguarding products, and helping businesses grow. Deep Dive articles, produced by reporters, feature interviews with subject matter experts and influencers as well as exclusive analysis...

Transparency: More Than a Demand, A Necessity

January 31, 2024Jessica Sarnowski

It is rather unsurprising that customers today, more than ever, demand transparency in the products that they purchase . No matter which industry you are in, your end-user is different than decades prior. There are many reasons for this. One is that there is unlimited access to information (some vetted,...

Legal Brief: The Skinny on CERCLA, Superfund, Chevron, and the U.S. Supreme Court

January 30, 2024Sandy Smith, Senior Reporter, 3E News Team

( Editor’s Note: 3E is expanding news coverage to provide customers with insights into topics that enable a safer, more sustainable world by protecting people, safeguarding products, and helping businesses grow. Legal Brief articles, produced by the 3E News Team as well as external thought leaders such as attorneys, examine...

EU Publishes New Batteries Regulation with New Chemical, Sustainability, and EPR Requirements

August 16, 20233E Global Research Team

On 28 July 2023 the European Official Journal published a new Batteries and Waste Batteries Regulation (EU) 2023/1542. The text, consisting of 117 pages, introduces new requirements for the entire life cycle of all batteries sold on the EU market and clarifies the extended producer responsibility (EPR) scheme. While the...

EU Unveils New Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation

January 30, 20233E Global Research Team

On 30 November 2022 the European Commission announced a draft Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste . The proposal will introduce various requirements for all types of packages and will replace the current Directive 94/62/EC . Public consultation will be held until 7 March 2023. The deadline for comments may...

New Zealand Continues Effort to Ban Single-Use Plastic Products and Phase Out PFAS in Food Packaging

January 26, 20233E Global Research Team

On 12 December 2022 New Zealand’s Ministry for the Environment published a notice on the enforcement plan for the measure to ban plastic products under the waste management policies. Certain plastic products were already banned on 1 October 2022. 3E Review New Zealand prohibits manufacturing and selling hard-to-recycle materials and...