Tag: Extended Producer Responsibility
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New legal opinion casts doubts on recycling bill
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
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…