Yes. No matter the material type, small formats should be reported in the Small Format categories due to how the size of a package affects its recyclability at MRFs.

While the portal will accept numbers with many numbers after the decimal points, we recommend including data rounded to no more than 2 decimal places. Reporting done in whole pounds is also fine. If your data requires adding many numbers together that all have varying numbers of decimal points, you will want to be mindful of when your rounding occurs so as not to skew your data. Rounding should be done only on the final aggregate numbers where possible.

When reporting to CAA, producers must submit all methodologies used for data preparation. Upon request, producers may be asked to provide additional calculations, substantiation for updates, or estimates to confirm the data's reasonability. This practice promotes fairness and supports accurate fee-setting across all producers. CAA will ultimately perform report validations and may contact producers for clarification or to verify additional data. This step ensures that all reported information meets the required standards and aligns with program guidelines.

Producers can refer to the Preparing to Report Your Supply Data and review section “3 Quantitative Producer Data” starting on page 7 with information on the different methodologies and examples on how to calculate weights of materials for reporting. There

are two main ways to report covered materials, and information can be found starting on page 11 for the Specific Material Reporting Method and page 13 for the Average Bill of Material (ABOM) Method.

This depends on if they are separable or non-separable. Separable components are those that can be removed from the main packaging by the end user, either after opening or after the product is consumed. All separable components should be reported separately in the appropriate material category that best fits their material type and form.

Non-separable components are designed to remain attached to the packaging after the product is consumed and discarded. If a component, like a cap or lid, is intended to stay with the package when discarded, or there are on-pack instructions directing the consumer to replace the cap prior to disposal, it is considered a non-separable component for reporting purposes. Non-separable components should be reported in the category representing the material type that makes up the majority of their combined weight

You can find out more on page 16 of the “Preparing to report your supply data” guidance on our guidance page.

Reporting Entity is the entity at which your company will report. We required this reporting entity coincide with each Employer Identification Number (EIN), or Tax ID, assigned to your company.

In all cases, it needs to be clear during the reporting process which entity is reporting which data and what brands are covered within the data reported. There will be a spot in the portal to identify associated producers generally, and which subsidiaries / brands are covered within the reporting entity.

You can find out more in the “Covered Materials & Producer Definitions: Colorado and Oregon” guidance on our guidance page.

July 31, 2025 is the first reporting deadline for Colorado. To support the implementation schedule, this is a change from the previously communicated August 31, 2025 deadline. CAA will share more details on what’s expected for this reporting deadline in an upcoming reporting workshop. Please stay tuned.

As stated in the Act, packaging material does not include "packaging materials used solely in business-to-business transactions where a covered material is not intended to be distributed to the end consumer."

Producers do not have to pay the State of Colorado. In Colorado, the Act uses the term “dues” instead of the term “fees.” As such, you will see the term “dues” used throughout the Colorado Plan Proposal. As in other states, Producers will remit dues, or fees, directly to CAA.

Producer Support is committed to replying to most inquiries within 5 business days. Please note that due to higher than normal volume because of the upcoming Oregon reporting deadline, support will be prioritizing inquiries about the PPA, the Oregon State Addendum, and Oregon reporting. Any questions not related to the upcoming deadline may take an extended amount of time to respond to, but rest assured we have your email and will get you the answers you need. This delay in response time will include questions around Colorado, California, and Minnesota, as well as general inquiries not related to the upcoming reporting deadline.

The Producer Services Team is working hard to review and grant credential access to producers who have signed their PPA. If you have not received your credentials after you signed your PPA, please reach out to producer.support@circularaction.org and we will work to approve your PPA and provide you with your credentials and the Oregon State Addendum soon.

The methodology used must be in accordance with applicable best practices as specified in O.A.R. § 340-090-0700(1)(d);

(d) A producer must on an annual basis submit market data establishing the weight of covered products sold or distributed in or into Oregon to the producer responsibility organization to which it belongs. Producers must submit a description of their methodology for calculating covered product weight to the producer responsibility organization along with the data. Methodology used must be in accordance with applicable best practices. If estimated market data is submitted by a producer and better market data becomes available that demonstrates the estimates were not accurate, the producer must report corrections to the estimated data to the producer responsibility organization before the next annual reporting deadline.

From “Preparing your Supply Data” there are two accepted reporting methodologies for determining packaging weights, the Specific Material Reporting Method (SMRM) and the Average Bill of Materials (ABOM).

The different reporting methodologies can be found in “Preparing your Supply Data” (Page 10). For all producers it’s imperative that they clearly articulate the methodologies when uploading the report. Join the 201 Producer Portal Training to learn how to upload reporting data into the Producer Reporting Portal.

Yes, it can. In fact, if you did sign the Participant Producer Agreement (PPA) at the parent level, we require that you sign state addendum at the parent level.

The Oregon State Addendum began being issued in mid-February. All companies who have signed the Participant Producer Agreement (PPA) should receive the Oregon State Addendum (ORSA) within a week of signing. You cannot submit your Oregon reporting data until the Oregon State Addendum is signed. Your Authorized Representative will receive the Oregon State Addendum via email from DocuSign, just like the Producer Participant Agreement (PPA) from the same domain the PPA came from: @docusign.circularaction.org. Please review the Oregon State Addendum and have your Authorized Representatives sign so data can be added into the Reporting Portal.

CAA is hyper-focused on supporting obligated producers through the upcoming reporting deadline. Even so, we understand producers are keen to get all required set up completed internally so they are ready to remit payments and remain compliant with each state’s due date. We will have our full vendor setup process live in early Q2. In the meantime, you can

add your company’s vendor set up request to the form here for follow-up and request W-9s from producer.support@circularaction.org to get you started.