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Only seven states are still in regular session, but many states automatically carry over legislation from this year into next, and the prefile season is just around the corner. ReMA makes it easy to view the bills and regulations targeting paper as well as other commodities and issues using ISRI's State Resources and Tracking pages.
Extended Producer Responsibility Looming in 2019
Recent media focus on plastics has given new life to bills targeting packaging and printed materials for an extended producer responsibility (EPR) model program. While none of the bills passed this session create an EPR program for packaging, Maine, Washington, and Hawaii have all passed legislation that calls for such legislation to be proposed in future sessions, with Maine LD 1431 being the most direct.
Auxiliary Containers Legislation Gets Traction
Following the same media focus on plastics and New York's passage of AB 2008 with a ban on all non-exempt "plastic carryout bags" and authorization of local $0.05 fees on paper bags, several states have jumped in with their own restrictions on "single-use" bags.
However, other states continue to pass legislation prohibiting such restrictions at the local level.