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NCSL’s Environment and Natural Resources Program provides research and analysis on important state policy trends to assist legislators and legislative staff. NCSL tracks issues in seven major categories: climate change and air quality, environmental health, healthy communities, land use, natural resources, waste management and water. Contact NCSL for information about its work on these issues or to arrange for customized technical assistance in your state, which can include briefings on state policy trends, in-depth research and meeting facilitation.

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Extended Producer Responsibility

Over the past two decades, state lawmakers have demonstrated growing interest in extended producer responsibility, or EPR, enacting hundreds of laws across dozens of product categories. The early focus on products that were expensive to handle or hazardous like electronics, paint and mercury thermostats has now extended to a broader set of waste such as plastic packaging and paper products.
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