Revolutionizing Recycling: The Future of EPR in the U.S

Extended producer responsibility is a policy tool used to fund infrastructure improvements to fill the gaps in the current recycling system for all materials, including plastic.

Waste in the environment, including plastic waste, is never acceptable. America’s Plastic Makers® are working toward an ambitious circular economy goal of 100% of U.S. plastic packaging being reused, recycled, or recovered by 2040. The recycling system must be improved and modernized to improve the recycling rate for plastics. Extended producer responsibility is a policy tool used to fund infrastructure improvements to fill the gaps in the current recycling system for all materials, including plastic.