LD 1423 Makes Commonsense Improvements to Maine’s EPR Program

"We appreciate policymakers' measured approach while crafting this legislation. By working together, we can achieve our shared goal of improving recycling for materials with low recycling rates without disrupting the effective systems that are already in place for highly recycled materials, like paper and paper packaging products.

"The paper and paper packaging recycling system is robust in Maine and throughout the country. In 2023, an impressive 65-69% of all paper was recovered for recycling nationwide. This achievement is due to the voluntary investments in manufacturing capacity made by the paper industry to ensure paper collected from municipal waste streams is recycled into new products.