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Q&A: What Distributors Should Know about Extended Producer Responsibility Laws

NAW’s Brian Wild explains why the group is challenging Oregon’s recycling mandate and what distributors need to know about emerging EPR laws nationwide. Read the full Q&A here.

August 1, 2025

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NAW Lawsuit EPR Oregon

On July 1, Oregon began enforcing a recycling mandate requiring distributors of packaged goods to pay fees under the state’s Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act. That act passed in 2022, with its recycling component in effect on July 1. The law aims to modernize recycling and promote a circular economy through an extended producer responsibility (EPR) program which makes producers, including distributors, responsible for managing waste from their products.

On July 30, the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) filed a lawsuit challenging the mandate

. NAW argues…

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