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Updates to Beverage Container Deposit Laws in 2025

Join our information-packed webinar on Updates to Beverage Container Deposit Laws in 2025 to gain the latest insights into:

•    State legislative activities related to Deposit Return Systems (DRS) and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Packaging;
•    The introduction and status of DRS bills in 6 U.S. states/territories, including Texas, Maryland, and Rhode Island; and
•    DRS legislative activity in 7 U.S. bottle bill states, including expansion and anti-fraud legislation.

Plus get your questions answered by bottle bill experts!

CRI President Susan V. Collins will be moderating and speaking on this webinar, along with other DRS experts from various states, including:

•    Maia Corbitt, President, Texans for Clean Water
•    Martha Ainsworth, Chair, Maryland Sierra Club Zero Waste Team
•    Emily Howe, Rhode Island State Director, Clean Water Action

Improving Efficiency and Sustainability in Aluminum Beverage Can Recycling

Project Funded by the Arconic Foundation

Join us on an information packed webinar on ways to improve efficiency and sustainability in aluminum beverage can recycling. This project is the culmination of a 2-year project, funded by the Arconic Foundation and in partnership with RTI International.

Aluminum UBCs (Used Beverage Cans) have a high potential for direct recyclability. However, missorted materials and commodity degradation can result in significant inefficiencies, equipment downtime, & compromised product quality. This presentation reports:

•    The latest information on the losses/contamination of materials;
•    The cost of contamination in recycling of aluminum UBCs;
•    The creation of a roadmap for optimal UBC recycling;
•    How our findings can be used to advance the conversation about aluminum UBC best practices

Updates on California’s Beverage Container Laws and Grant Programs

Did you know that there are more than 10 new grant and payment programs related to improving beverage container recycling? Join CRI’s newest webinar to find out if your entity is eligible!

Join us for an information packed webinar on these grant programs and much more. Our Updates to California’s Beverage Container Laws and Grant Programs webinar will include the latest insights into:
•    Passed and pending Deposit Return System (DRS) legislation in the state
•    Many of California’s new beverage container recycling grant programs, totaling over $600 million
•    CRI’s work to ensure accurate financial statement reporting for the California Beverage Container Recycling Program

Deposit Return Systems in Germany and Lithuania

In October 2023, CRI President Susan Collins embarked on a five-day, multi-stakeholder “recycling expedition” to Germany and Lithuania. Join our information-packed webinar for insights and lessons learned based on these countries’ effective, high-performing deposit return and extended producer responsibility systems.

The expedition was sponsored by Texans for Clean Water and Green Dot USA and facilitated by the Ocean Plastics Leadership Network (OPLN).

Webinar speakers include:

•    Jordan Wells, Director of Advocacy & Communications, National Stewardship Action Council (NSAC)
•   Gintaras Varnas, CEO of Užstato Sistemos Administratorius (Lithuania)
•   CRI President Susan Collins.

Updates to Beverage Container Deposit Laws

Join our information-packed webinar on Updates to Beverage Container Deposit Laws to gain the latest insights into:

• Bottle bill legislative activity in California, Hawaii, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, and Iowa; and
• National bottle bill activity, including the recently introduced Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act, along with CRI’s testimony in Washington DC

Big Changes in California’s Beverage Container Recycling Program: AB 179 and SB 1013

This very timely and topical webinar will cover California’s recently passed recycling legislation, AB 179 and SB 1013. We’ll give you the details on more than two dozen provisions in these bills, including:

•   More than a billion dollars in new funding for recycling and other activities;
•   Dramatic changes to convenient access to recycling and retailers’ responsibilities;
•   Environmental benefits of recycling wine and spirits containers;
•   Refillables – yes, refillables! – and so much more!

Presenter: CRI President Susan Collins

Beverage Container Deposit Legislative and Redemption Rate Updates

Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Join our information-packed webinar on Beverage Container Deposit Legislative and Redemption Rate Updates to gain the latest insights into:

The status of national beverage container deposit law (aka bottle bill) proposals;
Bottle bill legislative activity in California, Vermont, Iowa and other U.S. bottle bill states;
Consideration of new deposit laws by five additional states;
Quebec’s expansion of its deposit-return system; and
Redemption rate trends in the 10 states with bottle bills.

Plus get your questions answered by bottle bill experts!

CRI President Susan V. Collins will be moderating and speaking on this webinar, along with the following experts:

Troy Willard, CEO and Owner of Can Shed
Maia Corbitt, President of Texans for Clean Water
Paul Burns, Executive Director of Vermont Public Interest Research Group
Heidi Sanborn, Executive Director of National Stewardship Action Council

See full speaker bios here

Shifting Tides: Trends in Beverage Container Deposit and Packaging Legislation

A One-Day Online Conference Presented By the Container Recycling Institute

January 10, 2022
8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time

From national beverage container deposit legislation proposals, to state bottle bill modernizations, to passage of EPR for packaging laws – and more – this conference will provide comprehensive insights into the latest U.S. recycling legislation developments and trends.

Hear from a wide range of experts on the following topics, with plenty of time for audience Q&A:

• Bottle Bill Progress in New England: In 2021, Connecticut passed most significant bottle bill expansion in the U.S. in about a decade. What does this legislation accomplish? And what is the status of proposed beverage container deposit program upgrades in nearby Vermont and Massachusetts?

• At Long Last: EPR for Packaging Comes to the U.S.: Much-heralded progress occurred in 2021 with the passage of the nation’s first two extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging laws (in Maine and then Oregon). How did we get here? How can we develop model EPR legislation for other states?

• Breaking New Ground: California and National Updates: California’s 2021 adoption of a comprehensive slate of recycling-related bills represents important progress in the nation’s third-largest state. And the introduction of legislation that would establish a national beverage container deposit-return system shows renewed support for a U.S.-wide solution. Can a national bottle bill finally become a reality?

• Where Do We Go From Here? These legislative changes are occurring at a time when the COVID pandemic has impacted beverage container demand and recycling, and disrupted the supply chain of recycled material. So what happens next? Our expert panelists will discuss what they expect the future to look like with new recycling legislation on the books and in the works.

SEE THE FULL AGENDA (Updated)

MEET THE SPEAKERS (Updated)