United States EPR Data

As of summer 2025, when entering data, Circular Action Alliance (CAA) requires producers to ensure that:

Component counts are consistent with the overall volume of packaging reported
Plastic component weight is appropriately reported; ensure the total weight of all plastic components is reported
Data is entered for both plastic component counts and plastic component weights¹

State	Law/Bill	Implementation or Effective Date	Key Milestones Approaching	Data Required
Maine	Maine 2021 Stewardship Program for Packaging²	Participant producers must register May 2026³	Request for proposals for the stewardship Organization published on June 15, 2026⁴	Required metrics unavailable at this time - Producer guidance under development by Maine DEP⁵
California	California 2022 Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act⁶	Permanent regulations became effective May 1, 2026⁷ Program to being after CalRecycle approves of PRO plan, on or before Jan. 1, 2027⁸	California individual source reduction plan submission deadline is Aug 1, 2026. Producer guidance is available⁹ Final early fee schedule will be published in July 2026, and invoicing will begin August 2026 based on the producers’ 2026 California Annual Supply Report (2025 data year)¹⁰	2026 baseline producer report based on 2023 data, Individual Source Reduction Plan, annual supply report based on 2025 data, annual source reduction report based on 2025 data^{11, 12}
Maryland	Maryland 2025 Producer Responsibility Plans¹³	Rules became effective on May 25th, 2026¹⁴	Interim producer reports due by June 20, 2026¹⁵	Interim Producer Report: Simplified Reporting Categories based on 2025 data¹⁶
Washington	Washington 2024 Recycling Reform Act¹⁷	Producers required to register by July 1, 2026¹⁸	Interim producer reports due by June 20, 2026¹⁹	Interim Producer Report: Simplified Reporting Categories based on 2025 data²⁰
Colorado	Colorado 2022 Producer Responsibility Program for Statewide Recycling Act²¹	Producers required to register by July 1, 2026²² Implementation must begin within 6 months of plan approval²³	50% installment billing second half due from producers by July 30, 2026²⁴	Annual Supply Report based on 2025 data^{25, 26}
Oregon	Oregon 2021 Plastic Pollution and Modernization Act²⁷	Implementation started July 1, 2025²⁸	50% installment billing second half due from producers by July 30, 2026²⁹	Annual Supply Report based on 2025 data^{30, 31}
Minnesota	Minnesota 2024 Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction Act³²	PRO registration deadline July 1, 2026 August 1, 2028- program plan to advisory board October 1, 2028- PRO stewardship plan due³³	Interim producer reports due by June 20, 2026³⁴	Interim Producer Report: Simplified Reporting Categories based on 2025 data³⁵

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