Packaging

CPSC will be posting information on packaging and producer responsibility here.

Photo: "Marine debris on Kamilo Beach, HI, Sept, 2007. Ocean currents carry plastic litter & other debris
to shores throughout the world, threatening marine environments." Photo courtesy of Sacramento Bee.

News & Events

Policy & Legislation

California

California's Ocean Protection Council (OPC) has released a final report on reducing ocean litter. The comprehensive report sets EPR as the number one priority for reducing ocean litter caused by plastic packaging.

• OPC Resolution on Climate Change 2/8/07

What You Can Do To Help

Resources

Links

• Choose Reusables — Sustainable Packaging Coalition
  The Sustainable Packaging Coalition is an industry working group inspired by cradle to cradle principles and dedicated to transforming packaging into a system that encourages economic prosperity and a sustainable flow of materials.
• Should you pay for your garbage? "Store packaging accounts for a lot of consumer waste..." — Parade Magazine, 8/24/08
• Reusable Packaging Association
• Watershed Project