extended producer responsibility
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New legal opinion casts doubts on recycling bill
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A legal opinion from Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck casts doubts about the legality of a measure that intends to make a long list of industries pay for a new state recycling program. Should House Bill 1355 be signed into law, that opinion could lay the groundwork for a court challenge. The Producer Responsibility Act, as HB 1355…
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Bill to mandate industry-paid recycling poised to surface in Colorado House
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A proposal that would require a shift in the financial responsibility for recycling from consumers to manufacturers is generating an uproar among a diverse coalition of industries, ranging from cannabis to newspapers, big box stores to small businesses. The bill, known as the Extended Producer Responsibility Act from Rep. Lisa Cutter, has not yet been…
