Extended Producer Responsibility: Lessons Learned and What’s Ahead

Join Arnold & Porter’s Consumer Products & Retail Industry group for the next program in our Consumer Products & Retail Navigator webinar series, reflecting on extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws after several years of rapid expansion in the U.S. — specifically, what we have learned to date, what questions remain, and what lies ahead. This program is designed to help consumer products and retail companies assess their current EPR readiness and better understand how EPR programs are being implemented and enforced as they continue to mature.

During the program, we will provide a practical, high-level overview of EPR fundamentals, early compliance experiences, and emerging trends shaping EPR obligations for consumer products companies and retailers, including discussion of the following:

• Fee structures and eco-modulation frameworks
• Material restrictions and sustainability considerations, including PFAS
• Navigating overlap and tension with existing state laws and requirements
• Internal tracking, reporting, and compliance infrastructure
• Applicability and reporting obligations across different business models and corporate structures
• Enforcement timelines, compliance planning, and managing risk amid rolling deadlines