This year, Colorado and Maryland chose the Circular Action Alliance as their producer responsibility organization, while California is expected to choose theirs in 2024.

“So far, CAA has been chosen as Colorado’s PRO and was also the only PRO named to Maryland’s EPR advisory council. Getting CAA off the ground, “it is no small feat to do what was done over the last 11 months,” Schwarze said. CAA is further anticipating California’s selection of a PRO and Colorado’s transition from a needs assessment into program and action planning, along with additional states looking at EPR.”

Maryland hasn’t adopted an EPR law for packaging, but CAA’s appointment to the council sets it up to potentially be the top choice for producer responsibility organization if the state adopts one.