Effective last January 1, 2025, California’s extended producer responsibility (“EPR”) packaging and food service ware program, the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act (the “Act" or "SB 54"), prohibits producers of ex panded polystyrene (“EPS”) food service ware under the Act from selling or distributing EPS food service ware in California unless producers can demonstrate to California's Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (“CalRec

by Eoghan Gallagher Summary Regulatory pressures in the European Union are rapidly reshaping the landscape for cosmetics and fragrance companies. New hazard classes under the CLP Regulation, early national classification proposals, and forthcoming reforms to REACH and the Cosmetics Regulation are accelerating restrictions on a wide range of ingredients, including many natural complex substances. This article explains how these developments are unfolding, why classification ou

Voluntary cleanup agreements have been a staple of cleanups under both state and federal cleanup programs for decades.  In some cases,...