Protecting California’s SB 54: AMBR Challenges Packaging Law Rollbacks
California’s groundbreaking packaging producer responsibility law was designed to be a national model for reducing plastic pollution and holding producers responsible. But CalRecycle’s draft regulations could undermine the law’s effectiveness and credibility.
Reversing the Phase-Out of Single-Use Plastics in National Parks is a Step Backward
This week, the Trump administration dealt another blow to efforts to reduce plastic pollution by reversing the U.S. Department of the Interior’s policy phasing out single-use plastics across our national parks and public lands. The 2022 policy was a modest but meaningful step toward reducing the flood of unnecessary, unrecyclable plastic pollution that ends up…
Reflections from OPLN’s Chemicals of Concern Policy Summit
By Katie Drews, National Coordinator for AMBR & Co-Director and CEO of Eureka Recycling The Chemicals of Concern Policy Summit, convened by OPLN, brought together a compelling cross-section of scientists, environmental advocates, industry leaders, and policy experts to tackle one of the most urgent public health challenges of our time: the toxic chemicals embedded in…