07 Jun 2022 --- US trade association The Glass Packaging Institute (GPI), which represents glass bottle manufacturing plants and glass recycling facilities throughout the country, is continuing a struggle to improve recently mandated extended producer responsibility (EPR) legislation in Colorado. In May, Colorado became the third US state to enact EPR for packaging, following Oregon and Maine, but the first to do so without already having a beverage container deposit program. Without a deposit return scheme (DRS) for beverage packaging, the new EPR in Colorado could – if unaddressed – put certain industry players in an unfair position.
