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2025
  • New York State Launches Vape Recycling Pilot To Address Growing Health And Waste Challenge
    - December 2025
  • Oklahoma Campaign Urges Safe Disposal Of Medications And Sharps This Fall
    - October 2025
  • Missourians Called to Safely Dispose of Medications and Sharps During Fall 2025 Safe Disposal Campaign
    - October 2025
  • District O and Product Stewardship Institute Launch Missouri’s First Vape Waste Pilot Program
    - September 2025
  • Connecticut Enacts Battery Recycling Law To Reduce Fire Risk And Improve Public Safety
    - June 2025
  • 2025 U.S. Product Stewardship Forum Marks 25 Years With Celebration, Forward-thinking and Bold Steps for Sustainability
    - June 2025
  • Governor Wes Moore Signs Nation-Leading Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)—Maryland Becomes Sixth State to Enact Law
    - May 2025
  • Spring 2025 Campaign Urges Oklahomans to Dispose of Meds and Sharps Safely
    - April 2025
  • Missouri Expands Safe Disposal Efforts with Spring 2025 Awareness Campaign
    - April 2025
2024
  • Missouri Campaign Expands Safe Medicine Disposal Resources
    - November 2024
  • Campaign Aims to Raise Awareness for Safe Disposal in Oklahoma
    - October 2024
  • Illinois Enacts Nation’s 16th Battery Recycling Law
    - August 2024
  • New Maryland Law Creates Statewide Paint Recycling Program: 12th State to Adopt PaintCare Program
    - May 2024
2023
  • Updated Medical Sharps Community Guide and Safe Disposal Awareness Campaign in Oklahoma
    - October 2023
  • New Illinois Law Creates Statewide Paint Recycling Program
    - August 2023
  • Connecticut Enacts Nation’s First Tire EPR Law
    - June 2023
  • Vermont Enacts First-in-the-Nation HHW EPR Law
    - June 2023
  • PSI Partners with Pack Green Coalition
    - May 2023
  • Spring Cleaning Awareness Campaign Targets Meds in Missouri
    - February 2023
2022
  • Oklahoma Launches Sharps Take-Back
    - December 2022
  • First-Ever Report Assesses Chemical Recycling for Governments
    - November 2022
  • Awareness Campaign Targets Pharmaceutical Waste in Missouri
    - October 2022
  • Colorado Legislature Passes Landmark EPR Bill for Packaging and Paper
    - May 2022
  • New York State Legislature Passes Carpet EPR Bill
    - May 2022
  • Paint Recycling Program Launches in New York State
    - May 2022
  • Missouri Paint Demonstrations Showcase Recycled Paint Quality, Sustainability
    - April 2022
  • Illinois General Assembly Passes Drug Take-Back Bill
    - April 2022
  • PSI CEO Joins NOAA Marine Debris Foundation Board
    - April 2022
  • Oregon Mattress Recycling Bill Becomes Law
    - March 2022
2021
  • Oklahoma Medical Sharps Collection Program Launches in Multiple Locations
    - December 2021
  • Local Paint Demonstration Showcases Recycled Paint Quality, Sustainability Springfield
    - November 2021
  • Local Paint Demonstration Showcases Recycled Paint Quality, Sustainability Ashland
    - November 2021
  • Momentum grows — Oregon joins Maine and passes second US packaging EPR law
    - August 2021
  • Maine Passes Nation’s First Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility Law
    - July 2021
  • Niagara County Passes Nation’s 2nd Solar Panel Producer Responsibility Law
    - June 2021
  • Product Stewardship Institute helps launch U.S. Plastics Pact Roadmap to 2025
    - June 2021
  • New Law Will Help Mainers Dispose of Unused Drugs Safely and for Free
    - June 2021
  • Transforming America’s Recycling System: Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act Reintroduced
    - March 2021
2020
  • FPA and PSI Reach Agreement on Legislative Elements of an EPR Bill for Packaging and Paper Products
    - December 2020
  • Coalition Calls for Implementation of Critical Law Passed in 2018: NY State Drug Take Back Act
    - October 2020
  • Udall, Lowenthal Circulate Blueprints for Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act to State Legislators
    - August 2020
  • New Report Outlines Proven Strategies, Policy Options for Struggling U.S. Recycling Programs
    - March 2020
  • Senator Tom Udall & Rep. Alan Lowenthal introduce EPR-Driven Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act
    - February 2020
2019
  • New York Passes 11th Paint EPR Law in U.S.
    - December 2019
  • National Legislation Aims to Bolster Recycling, Provide Community Relief Via Producer Responsibility
    - October 2019
  • Oregon Drug Take-Back Bill Becomes Law
    - August 2019
  • Washington Enacts Law Creating New Paint Recycling Program
    - May 2019
  • Recycled Paint Manufacturers Form First Association for Burgeoning Industry
    - April 2019
  • PSI CEO Joins TerraCycle® CEO to Present A Crash Course In Designing for the Circular Economy
    - February 2019
  • Palace Drugs Begins Collecting Unused Medications to Help Combat the Opioid Crisis in Oklahoma
    - January 2019
2018
  • Vermont Product Stewardship Council Celebrates 10 Years of Success
    - October 2018
  • New York Hospitals Continue Drug Collection in Response to Patient and Staff Support
    - September 2018
  • New York State Drug Take-Back Bill Becomes Law
    - July 2018
  • New 3-Step Guide Helps Restaurants Prevent Plastic Pollution
    - June 2018
  • Drug Take-Back Program Launches at Five New York Hospitals
    - February 2018
2017
  • 2017 New York Textiles Summit: Advancing a Circular Economy
    - October 2017
  • 2017 U.S. Product Stewardship Forum: Holding Producers Responsible for Packaging, Pharmaceuticals…
    - July 2017
  • Rockland County, NY Set to Start First Local Drug Take-Back Program on the East Coast
    - April 2017
  • Thrifty Pharmacy in Oklahoma City, OK Launches Drug Take-Back Collection Kiosk
    - March 2017
  • Extended Producer Responsibility Programs Proven Successful in Connecticut
    - January 2017
2016
  • Drug Take-Back Program Launches in Four Oklahoma Pharmacies
    - December 2016
  • Cook County, IL Mandates Largest County Drug Take-Back Program in the U.S.
    - October 2016
  • Pharmacy-Based Drug Take-Back Program Launched in Oneida and Lewis Counties
    - October 2016
  • Re-Clothe NY Coalition Renews Outreach Campaign to Increase Textiles Reuse and Recycling in New York
    - September 2016
  • After Drug Take-Back Pilot Program, 4 out of 5 Participating Pharmacies Continue Collections
    - September 2016
  • Lewis County General Hospital, NY Launches Drug Take-Back Collection Kiosk
    - August 2016
  • Product Stewardship Institute Launches Toolkit to Facilitate National Phone Book Opt-Out Campaign
    - July 2016
  • Product Stewardship Institute Launches New Guide for Successful Mercury Thermostat Collection
    - July 2016
  • Governor Signs Massachusetts Drug Abuse Prevention Bill, First State to Mandate Drug Take-Back
    - March 2016
  • New Reports Reveal Success of Paint Recycling Program
    - January 2016
2015
  • 2015 U.S. Product Stewardship Forum Tackles Drug Take-Back Programs, Packaging, Circular Economy
    - December 2015
  • White House Commemorates National Substance Abuse Prevention Month
    - October 2015
  • Carpet and Mattress Recycling Made Simple with Newly Released How-To Guides
    - October 2015
  • Why We Need More Than an Annual Federal Prescription Take-Back Day
    - September 2015
  • Product Stewardship Institute Launches Best-Practices Guide for Paint Reuse in New York
    - September 2015
  • Phone Book Industry Makes Environmental Advances, Still Needs Improvement in Sustainability
    - August 2015
  • Phone Book Industry Makes Environmental Advances, Still Needs Improvement in Sustainability
    - August 2015
  • U.S. Supreme Court Decides Not to Hear Pharmaceutical Industry Case Against Drug Disposal Law
    - May 2015
  • U.S. EPA, PSI, and University of California Launch Toolkit to Reduce Marine Debris
    - May 2015
  • U.S. EPA, PSI, and University of California Launch Toolkit to Reduce Marine Debris
    - May 2015
  • Connecticut’s First-in-the-Nation Mattress Recycling Program Launches Today
    - May 2015
  • San Francisco Officially Passes the Safe Drug Disposal Ordinance
    - March 2015
  • First-Ever Household Battery Made With Recycled Batteries Reduces Environmental Impact
    - February 2015
2014
  • EPR for Pharmaceuticals Trend Grows: San Francisco Announces Drug Take-Back Legislation
    - October 2014
    (Member/Partner News Alert)
  • Federal Judge Denies Appeal By Pharmaceuticals Industry, Upholds Alameda County EPR Ordinance
    - September 2014
    (Member/Partner News Alert)
  • PSI Pleased with U.S. DEA’s Rx Take-Back Rule, Issues Reminder of Need for Producer Responsibility
    - September 2014
  • New PSI “Report Card” Shows Phone Book Publishers Lag in Environmental Responsibility
    - August 2014
  • CT on Track to Introduce 1st Consensus-Based EPR Bill for Rechargeable and Single-Use Batteries
    - June 2014
  • First-in-Nation Single-use Battery Recycling Law Passes in Vermont
    - May 2014
  • Colorado Legislature Passes Product Stewardship Bill for Paint
    - May 2014
    (Member/Partner News Alert)
  • New Report Identifies Emerging Global EPR Best Practices for Packaging
    - March 2014
    (Member/Partner News Alert)
2013
  • New York Lawmakers Pass Bill Requiring Manufacturers to Collect Mercury-Containing Thermostats
    - June 2013
  • At 2013 Pharmaceutical Waste Summit, Government Leaders Note Significant Progress, Yet Cite Continued Obstacles
    - June 2013
  • Maine Lawmakers Pass Bill to Create Paint Recycling Program
    - June 2013
  • Toxic Mercury from Discarded Thermostats Continues to Pollute: Manufacturers’ recycling programs found to be ineffective in most states
    - April 2013
2012
  • EPA Awards Grant to Product Stewardship Institute to Reduce Marine Debris on California Coasts
    - October 2012
  • Product Stewardship Institute, Inc. Launches Program Aimed at Reducing Mercury Pollution in Great Lakes
    - October 2012
  • Mayors from Across the U.S. Declare Support for Extended Producer Responsibility for Mattresses
    - October 2012
  • Product Stewardship Institute ‘Disappointed’ Over U.S. Court Ruling Against Phone Book Opt-Outs in Seattle
    - October 2012
  • New York e-waste law expands rural electronics take-back opportunities and saves money for residents who recycle, new report finds
    - October 2012
  • Alameda County Passes Nation’s 1st Law Requiring Pharmaceutical Companies to Take Back Unwanted Medications
    - July 2012
  • 3rd Annual Sustainable Economy Conference Session Spotlights Corporate Opportunities and Risks
    - April 2012
2011
  • Local Initiative to Stem the Tide of Unwanted Holiday Catalogues
    - December 2011
  • Product Stewardship Institute announces new Advisory Council to help revolutionize product policy
    - November 2011
  • Groups Call on Pharmaceutical Companies to Collect and Dispose of Unused Medicines
    - October 2011
  • Connecticut Governor Signs Paint Stewardship Law
    - June 2011
2010
  • California Second State to Pass Paint Stewardship Legislation
    - October 2010
  • Bipartisan Federal Law Enables Safe Disposal of Medicines
    - October 2010
  • Rhode Island Bill to Tighten Control of Mercury Pollution from Thermostats
    - July 2010
2009
  • Oregon Passes First Paint Producer Responsibility Law in the Nation
    - July 2009
  • Executive Summary from October 8th Gas Cylinders Meeting Facilitated by PSI
    - October 2009
  • Non-Refillable Gas Cylinders Recycling Workshop Summary
    - October 2009
2008
  • Comprehensive Thermostat Recycling Laws Pass in California and Pennsylvania
    - October 2008
EPR BY PRODUCT
Batteries
Carpet
Electronics
Gas cylinders
Household hazardous waste (HHW)
Junk mail
Lighting
Mattresses
Medical sharps
Mercury auto switches
Mercury thermostats
Motor oil
Paint
Packaging
Pesticides
Pharmaceuticals
Phone books
Radioactive devices
Refrigerant-containing appliances
Solar panels
Textiles
Tires