A March 25, 2020 report from the Product Stewardship Institute (PSI), outlines problems faced by US recycling programs and how extended producer responsibility (EPR) programs in four Canadian provinces have increased packaging recovery and recycling, reduced contamination, and developed markets for difficult-to-recycle materials. It also provides a detailed case study of the packaging EPR program in British Columbia, North America's first full producer responsibility program for packaging and paper products (PPP).
Read the full report, fact sheet, and press release on PSI's website.