Policy Readiness Knowledge Hub

Colorado’s HB 22-1355 will help take the Centennial State to the next level in packaging and paper recycling

The EPR law in Colorado applies to all producers, with a few exceptions. It is designed to use producer funding through a state-selected Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) to ensure recycling access to all single and multifamily households, as well as specific non-residential generators, with a goal of optimizing material recovery across the state.

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Re-set and Innovate New Approaches to Packaging Materials

  • Statewide Collection List

    Materials will be vetted to be included – or excluded – in recycling collection services provided to households statewide.

  • Reuse and Refill Components

    The PRO’s implementation plan must include incentives to encourage design for reuse and refill.

  • Eco-modulation

    Fees on packaging will be modulated to discourage unrecyclable or disruptive designs and encourage packaging reduction and recycled content.

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The Recycling Partnership's Policy Readiness Hub is created to help assigned producer representatives communicate internally, stay apprised of new information, and ask questions and share ideas as part of a community of diverse producers.

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Setting a Potential Model for Other States

HB 22-1355 seeks to address a situation that is common to many states in the U.S., where lack of recycling access, modernized processing infrastructure, and robust education consigns most packaging and paper to landfills. Eco-modulated producer funding will reverse that, producing new material supply to help brands better reach recycled content goals.