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Appliance Manufacturers Should Prepare for Increased DOE Enforcement Activity (Source: Crowell & Moring)

  • 1/11/2021

National Flammability Standard for Upholstered Furniture to Take Effect in June 2021 (Source: Hunton Andrews Kurth)

  • 1/5/2021

Don't forget, ORM-D cannot be used in 2021 (Source: US DOT)

  • 12/28/2020

Maine delays ban on plastic bags, foam food containers (Source: Sun Journal)

  • 12/23/2020

EPA Raises Maximum Civil Penalties Under Every Major Environmental Statute (Source: The WELL)

  • 12/23/2020

U.S. EPA Fines BC Systems for Violating Chemical Accident Prevention Requirements (Source:. US EPA)

  • 12/22/2020

GS1 announces publication of the Best Practice Guideline for Sustainability in Packaging Materials (Source: GS1 US)

  • 12/18/2020

Trump Signs Save Our Seas 2.0, Giving Plastics Recycling Infrastructure Potential Boost (Source: Waste Dive)

  • 12/18/2020

Retailer to Pay $20,750,000 Penalty for Renovations Involving Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule (Source: DOJ)

  • 12/17/2020

Lawsuit Takes Aim at Retailer's Plastic Recycling Labels (Source: Resource Recycling)

  • 12/15/2020

Controls and Trade Bans on Plastic Waste Shipments Effective January 1, 2021 (Source: B&D)

  • 12/8/2020

Where curbside recycling programs have stopped in the US (Source: Waste 360)

  • 12/2/2020

Retailer to Pay $3.335 Million Settlement for Environmental Violations (Source: Alameda County Newsroom)

  • 12/1/2020

SASB and IIRC merger targets simplified sustainability disclosure (Source: Corporate Secretary)

  • 11/30/2020

China Doesn’t Want The World’s Trash Anymore. Including ‘Recyclable’ Goods (Source: Forbes)

  • 11/29/2020

Illegal Tampering by Diesel Pickup Owners Is Worsening Pollution, E.P.A. Says (Source: The New York Times)

  • 11/25/2020

U.S. EPA settles with electronic component wholesaler for importing unregistered disinfectant product into LA (Source: EPA Press Release)

  • 11/9/2020

Plastic bags banned in N.J. as Murphy signs new law (Source: NJ.com)

  • 11/5/2020

California Classifies Solar Panels as Universal Waste (Source: Environmental Law & Policy Monitor)

  • 10/29/2020

Retailer to pay $1.49 million settlement for environmental violations (Source: Contra Costa Herald)

  • 10/28/2020

Bisphenol A goes back on California list (Source: Chemical & Engineering News)

  • 10/21/2020

Doe your bit: Japan invents bags deer can eat after plastic-related deaths (Source: The Guardian)

  • 10/21/2020

Recent US EPA Enforcement under FIFRA Emphasizes Compliance Demands on Pesticide Product Supply Chains, especially for Products Claiming to be Effective against Coronavirus (Source: National Law Review)

  • 10/21/2020

World Wildlife Fund, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and Boston Consulting Group Publish a Business Case for a UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution

  • 10/21/2020

Retailer Enters Settlement Agreement with OSHA (Source: Occupational Health & Safety)

  • 10/20/2020

The Recycling Partnership and ACC back fees to lift recycling (Source: Resource Recycling)

  • 10/6/2020

It Just Got Easier to Recycle Beauty Products From Every Brand (Source: Vogue)

  • 10/1/2020

DICK’S Sporting Goods Takes Action To Create A Future Free Of Single-use Plastic Bags (Source: Closed Loop Partners)

  • 9/29/2020

Accelerate Recycling through Policy and Partnership (Source: Recycling Partnership)

  • 9/29/2020

OIRA Memorandum Directs Agencies to Consider Principles of Fairness in Administrative Enforcement and Adjudication (Source: National Law Review)

  • 9/29/2020

U.S. EPA requires Hawaii’s largest refrigerated food warehouse to improve chemical safety (Source: EPA Press Release)

  • 9/28/2020

How Kroger Battles Waste During the Pandemic (Source: Retail Leader)

  • 9/28/2020

EPA and Other Government Agencies Scrutinize COVID-19 Marketing and Product Claims (Source: Spencer Fane)

  • 9/28/2020

New Jersey passes sweeping bill limiting carryout bags, polystyrene foam and straws (Source: WasteDive)

  • 9/25/2020

EPA Settles with Coffeehouse Company for local Chemical Emergency Planning Violations (Source: EPA Press Release)

  • 9/24/2020

EPA Reaches Settlement with Automotive Retailer in Independence, Missouri, for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations (Source: EPA Press Release)

  • 9/21/2020

New York State to Start Stalled Bag Ban in October (Source: NY Post)

  • 9/18/2020

San Francisco DA Reaches $1.43M Settlement With Kelly-Moore Paint (Source: Patch)

  • 9/14/2020

CARB hits eight brokers and carriers with $130,000 in penalties (Source: Landline Media)

  • 9/11/2020

California legislature passes recycled content mandate, EPR bills stall for second year in a row (Source: Waste Dive)

  • 9/1/2020

How to Avoid Nine Expensive Hazardous Waste Violations (Source: Environmental Protection)

  • 8/31/2020

DNREC Holding Plastic Bag Workshop, Ban Still on Track for January (Source: 1st State Update)

  • 8/28/2020

Stakeholders roll out framework for US plastics sustainability (Source: Resource Recycling)

  • 8/25/2020

Plastic Bag Ban Upheld by New York State Supreme Court (Source: Waste 360)

  • 8/24/2020

Environmental Compliance: (Re)-Open for Business, Meeting a New Retail Reality (Source: CSA)

  • 8/18/2020

FDA Reaches Voluntary Agreement with Manufacturers to Phase Out Certain Short-Chain PFAS in Food Packaging (Source: Retail Law BCLP)

  • 8/12/2020

Proposed rules aim to prevent organic fraud and strengthen regulations (Source: Food Dive)

  • 8/6/2020

New NASRC Resource Library (Source: North American Sustainable Refrigeration Council)

  • 8/4/2020

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