Why Must Commercial Recycling Be Excluded from EPR Programs

Commercial recycling, for our purposes, refers to materials such as paper-based packaging collected from businesses for recycling. Businesses can include grocery stores, big box stores and more.

Businesses typically pay for recycling services by contracting directly with private recycling companies. Materials are collected separately from curbside household collection and residential drop-off programs. That keeps commercial materials cleaner and more consistent in type and quality.

This dramatically reduces contamination and allows paper to be efficiently recycled into new products.