NAW’s federal challenge to Colorado’s packaging EPR law now faces a state motion to dismiss built on the Oregon ruling. Here is what is settled, what is open, and what packaging teams should do.
Oregon’s EPR law won at trial, Colorado’s faces a double-fee claim, and California’s recyclability definition is under attack. What brand owners, distributors and converters should do while the courts decide.
California’s recyclability labeling law hit its October 4 compliance date, but a federal injunction blocks state enforcement. Private litigation risk remains.