EPA’s waste office developing strategies on materials management

EPA’s waste office is expected to release various strategies and recommendations in the coming months to address post-consumer materials management, including making a decision on whether to support extended producer responsibility (EPR) policies. Nena Shaw, acting director of the Resource Conservation and Sustainability Division in EPA’s waste office, told the 29th American Bar Association’s fall conference on Environmental, Energy, and Resources Law Oct. 14 that the agency hopes to issue its final national recycling strategy, with strengthened environmental justice (EJ)...