PSI Blog

MetroPaint: A Paint Recycling Legacy and EPR Model in Action
- September 2025
Right to Repair Is Gaining Ground—And It’s Just Getting Started
- August 2025
Proven Progress: EPR Success Across the U.S.
- August 2025
EPR Is Not the Enemy of Industry—It’s the Future of Waste Management
- July 2025
Q&A with PSI Partner PaintCare: 82 Million Gallons and Counting
- July 2025
Progress in Motion: Highlights from the 2025 U.S. Product Stewardship Forum
- June 2025
Washington Adopts Packaging EPR Law, Marking Major Recycling Reform
- May 2025
Nebraska Governor Signs Safe Battery Collection And Recycling Act Into Law
- May 2025
Colorado Legislature Passes Landmark Battery Stewardship Legislation
- May 2025
Maryland Passes Packaging EPR Law: Poised to Become Sixth State with Packaging EPR Law
- April 2025
California’s Plastics EPR Law Faces Some Adjustments: What’s Next?
- March 2025
EPR Bills on California Governor’s Desk Reflect Strong and Growing Movement
- September 2024
The Expansion of Paint Stewardship From 2010 to 2024
- April 2024
Highlights from the 2023 U.S. Product Stewardship Forum
- October 2023
Pack Green Coalition: Promising Sustainable Packaging Innovations From 2023
- August 2023
New PSI Partnership: GreenDot
- July 2023
EPR Luminaries Kick Off 2023 Annual Meeting
- June 2023
Medical Waste Solutions Evolve
- June 2023
EPR Center Stage at INC-2 Global Plastics Treaty Dialogues
- May 2023
Oregon Passes Amendment to Drug Takeback Law
- May 2023
Vermont Passes First-in-the-Nation HHW EPR
- May 2023
Maryland Passes Packaging EPR Bill
- May 2023
Washington State Enacts EPR for Batteries
- May 2023
PaintCare Celebrates 1 Year in New York!
- May 2023
From Waste to Paint: How GDB is Changing the Game in the Coatings Industry
- April 2023
PSI and PGC Submit Comments on FTC Green Guides
- April 2023
California Considers Landmark Textile EPR Law – Who’s Next?
- March 2023
Do Litter Laws Have A Place in EPR?
- March 2023
How Does EPR Fit Into the Reuse Economy?
- March 2023
Packaging EPR Laws Comparison Series, Part Eight: Key Definitions & Additional Components
- February 2023
Packaging EPR Laws Comparison Series, Part Seven: Implementation Timeline
- February 2023
Covanta: Strategies for Zero Waste-to-Landfill
- February 2023
Packaging EPR Laws Comparison Series, Part Six: Outreach and Education Requirements & Equity and Environmental Justice
- February 2023
PSI Joins US EPA Trash Free Waters Discussion on Packaging EPR
- February 2023
Packaging EPR Laws Comparison Series, Part Five: Design for Environment & Performance Standards
- February 2023
EPR Legislation Introduced Nationwide!
- January 2023
The Electronics EPR Evolution
- January 2023
Packaging EPR Laws Comparison Series, Part Four: Funding Inputs and Allocation
- January 2023
U.S. EPR Recap
- January 2023
New York Enacts Carpet EPR Law
- January 2023
2022 Impact: Gearing Up For 2023 EPR
- December 2022
Packaging EPR Laws Comparison Series, Part Three: Responsible Party and Governance
- December 2022
Packaging EPR Laws Comparison Series, Part Two: Covered Entities, Collection Convenience
- December 2022
Packaging EPR Laws Comparison Series, Part One: Covered Materials and Products
- November 2022
Chemical Recycling Report to Launch with Webinar
- November 2022
California Enacts Battery EPR Law
- October 2022
PSI Presents to OECD on US EPA Packaging Leadership
- October 2022
Covanta: The Circular Economy and EPR
- September 2022
PSI Celebrates IPRA’s Paint Recycling Success
- August 2022
New PSI Partnership: LANDBELL GROUP
- August 2022
Legislators Changing the Game on Packaging EPR Webinar Q&A
- July 2022
California Becomes 4th U.S. State to Enact Packaging EPR Law
- July 2022
Banning Plastics Won’t Alleviate Pollution—Well-Crafted EPR Could
- May 2022
Making Progress on Safe Sharps Disposal in Oklahoma
- February 2022
PSI COVID Tracker Impact
- April 2021
COVID Slows Legislative Activity but Packaging Bills Press Onward
- November 2020
Envisioning a More Equitable Recycling System
- October 2020
Recycling Programs & Single-Use Plastics Policies Remain Impacted by Pandemic
- September 2020
Tackling Food Service Waste, Pre- and Post-Pandemic
- July 2020
COVID-19 Impacts U.S. Recycling Programs
- June 2020
Safe Operations Key to Product Take-Back Programs
- May 2020
Waste Reduction Policies Face Rollbacks During Global Pandemic
- April 2020
Who is PSI?
- February 2020
What PSI means to the Product Stewardship Movement
- August 2019
Tribute to Harold Siegel, PSI Advisory Council Member
- April 2019
Remembering John Waffenschmidt
- December 2018
Producer Responsibility: Seeking Leaders in the Textile Industry
- October 2018
The Conflict of Interest That Is Killing Recycling
- August 2018
EPR and the China Sword
- July 2018
Phone Book Publishers Must Take Opt-Out Requests Seriously or Pursue Opt-In Instead
- July 2018
Eateries in Greenport, New York Reduce Plastic Marine Debris: A Story of Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration
- March 2017
Why PSI Opposes State Bans on Local Bans
- July 2016
Senator John F. Keenan: Comments on “My Old Meds” Campaign
- March 2016
Putting the “Green” in Walgreens
- February 2016
Best Buy Bids Farewell to Free TV & Computer Recycling
- February 2016
Problematic Phone Books: The Data Proves It
- September 2015
A is for Accountability: First in the Phone Book?
- September 2015
Greenwashing the Yellow Pages
- September 2015
Lessons from an E-Scrap Workshop
- June 2015
What Big Pharma Can Learn From the Paint Industry
- June 2015
More Printed Catalogs: More Wasted Energy, Water and Paper
- June 2015
A New, Easy Way to Recycle Your Old Thermostat
- May 2015
A Product Stewardship Approach to “Flushable” Wipes?
- April 2015
State E-Scrap Programs: A Living Laboratory
- April 2015
4 Reasons Why EPR is the Best Solution for Safe Drug Disposal
- March 2015
Reflections from the Summer Pool: An EPR Addict Tries to Stay Cool
- July 2014
The Sound of the EPR Orchestra as It Writes on the Wall
- April 2014
The Faces of Despair – Something We Can Change
- November 2013
Product Stewardship: Times Have Changed in the U.S.A.
- July 2013
Comfortable in an Uncomfortable Space
- June 2013
Gina McCarthy: A Blast from the Past, An Administrator for the Future
- March 2013
America the Fearful: Why We Need U.S. Corporate Leadership
- October 2012
Trapped Inside the Box: Corporate America’s Struggle to meet its Environmental and Social Responsibility
- August 2012
Failure to Launch: U.S. Good at Throwing Away the Gold
- August 2012
Individual Responsibility: United We Stand in Health Care and Product Sustainability
- July 2012
Calling All Private Sector, Small Government Advocates – We Are Ready for You
- June 2012
Recycling Jobs: Who Really Cares?
- May 2012
An Award in the Present Triggers a Reflection on the Past
- April 2012
Who Is PSI? An Introduction to Facilitative Leadership
- March 2012
Why We Need a Game Changer
- March 2012
Maine is a Leader in Product Stewardship: It is Time to Move Forward – Not Back
- January 2012
“EPR’s Broken Promises” — Bah Humbug!
- January 2012
Real Product Sustainability Requires a Lifecycle Approach
- December 2011
In Search of Honest Dialogue: Six Stages of Industry Grief
- November 2011
It is Time for Balance Between Government Regulation and Free Market Economy
- November 2011
Why We Need Regulation for Fair and Effective Stewardship Programs and Why Voluntary Systems are not the Answer
- October 2011
EPR for Packaging in the U.S. – the Landscape
- September 2011
The Infamous Light Bulb Law: What the Tea Party, Environmentalists, Government, and Manufacturers Have in Common
- August 2011
Uprooting Subsidies: The Next Frontier in Product Stewardship
- July 2011
Extended Producer Responsibility – The Gateway to Discomfort and The Path to Progress
- June 2011
Getting the Public on the Train
- June 2011
Who Pays for Product Stewardship?
- May 2011
My Trip to Wal-Mart: In Search of Sustainability
- April 2011
It’s Dark Down There: More Reasons to Recycle
- April 2011
Recycling and Product Stewardship – What Wisconsin’s Governor Really Needs
- March 2011
Sustainable Apparel and the Need for Global Standards
- March 2011
What’s a Mother for? Mainers Speak Out for Product Stewardship
- February 2011
Harnessing Market Forces through Product Stewardship: A Step toward Global Competitiveness
- February 2011
Recommendations on the Safe Collection, Transport, and Disposal of Controlled Substances
- January 2011
Disposable Toothbrushes – Headed in the Wrong Direction
- January 2011
Offering Responsible Electronics Recycling Practices For Everyone, Everywhere
- December 2010
A Decade of Product Stewardship: Message from PSI’s Executive Director
- December 2010
Massachusetts Strengthens Move to Green Procurement
- December 2010
Photo Essay From a PSI Tour of a Materials Recovery Facility
- November 2010
Two Electronics Recycler Certification Programs?
- November 2010
PSI Interview: Dave Galvin
- November 2010
Green chemistry: A key component to making sustainable, non-toxic products
- November 2010
Creating a mental bridge from material to social aspects of product stewardship
- October 2010
Can Zero Waste Community Systems “Scale Up” to Challenge the Landfill and Incinerator Industries?
- October 2010
My Journey to the Delta: Civil Rights Lessons for the Product Stewardship Movement
- September 2010
What Did I Do on My Summer Vacation?
- September 2010