Webinars

CRI hosts webinars throughout the year on topics of interest and importance to the recycling community.

Upcoming Webinars

Updates to Beverage Container Deposit Laws in 2025

Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Time: 11:00AM – 12:30PM Pacific 
(8:00 – 9:30AM Hawaii, 12:00 – 1:30PM Mountain, 1:00 – 2:30PM Central, 2:00 – 3:30PM Eastern)

 

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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


More speakers to be announced soon! 

Don’t miss this opportunity to stay up to date on bottle bill legislation! 

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Past Webinars

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 Join our July 31, 2019, special webcast on plastic. What to do about bags, bottles, butts, balloons and straws? Learn what states from coast to coast are proposing to address plastic pollution, including bans of single use plastics and other legislation. Industries respond with their own goals and plans, like the Plastics Pact in the UK.

This webinar will answer the following questions:

  • How many states have passed laws addressing plastic bag waste?
  • What are the details of Vermont’s new plastic packaging law?
  • How are legislators in California tackling plastic waste from tiny toiletries and other single use plastics?
  • What are the details of Connecticut’s new plastic bag law?
  • What is the G20 doing to stop marine plastic waste?
  • How will the UK Plastics Pact reduce the total amount of plastic packaging?
  • We’ll also cover plastic pollution updates from various states in the US, as well as the NFL and more…

Susan V. Collins, President of CRI, will moderate a panel of experts including:

Paul Burns, Executive Director, Vermont PIRG

Sarah Lakeman, Sustainable Maine Project Director, Natural Resources Council of Maine  

 

 

 

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