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View NowAs packaging EPR programs move from legislation to implementation, your company must manage increasingly complex reporting, compliance, and operational requirements across multiple states.
ACI’s EPR Think Tank – West Coast brings together the key stakeholders shaping the future of packaging stewardship, recycling, and circularity. With California’s SB 54 serving as a focal point, and important developments underway in Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Minnesota, Maryland, and other jurisdictions, this event will examine regional developments along with their broader national implications.
Through practical discussions, case studies, and interactive exchanges, gain actionable insights into producer obligations, reporting requirements, fee structures, source reduction strategies, labeling considerations, enforcement trends, and the growing role of PROs in the evolving U.S. EPR landscape.
Featured Speakers
Kate Eagles
Program Director
Association of Plastic Recyclers
Alchemy Graham
Policy Director
EPR Leadership Forum
Zoe Heller
Director
CalRecycle
Dan Leif
Director, Policy Implementation
The Recycling Partnership
Carolina Leonhardt
Director, Climate, Packaging, and Environment
Mondelēz International
This interactive think tank will help you:
Gain the latest intelligence on California’s SB 54 implementation, producer reporting obligations, source reduction requirements, and emerging compliance expectations.
Understand how developments in California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Minnesota, Maryland, and other states are shaping national packaging strategies.
Learn how companies are approaching data collection, fee forecasting, eco-modulation, labeling, and recyclability claims across multiple jurisdictions.
Hear directly from regulators, producer responsibility organizations (PROs), industry associations, and companies managing compliance across complex packaging portfolios.
Benchmark your organization’s approach against peers navigating EPR obligations, reporting deadlines, and evolving enforcement expectations.
Develop practical strategies for building scalable compliance programs that work both in western states and across the broader U.S. packaging EPR landscape.
Who Should Attend
This event is designed for attorneys, sustainability professionals, and compliance executives in CPG industries, including:
Consumer Packaged Goods Industry Representatives:
- In-House Counsel
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Officers, Directors, and Executives for:
- Sustainability
- Regulatory Affairs
- Compliance
- Research & Development
- Business Development
- Environmental
- Product Stewardship
- Operations
- Procurement
- ESG
- Government Affairs
Law Firm Attorneys and Consultants who focus on:
- Consumer Packaging Goods (CPG)
- Regulatory Compliance in the CPG industry
- Environmental and/or Product Stewardship
- Sustainability
- Packaging
- ESG
- R&D in the CPG industry
If your role involves sustainability, packaging, ESG, environmental, or product stewardship, this is the event for you!
Legal and Regulatory Compass for Cosmetics and Personal Care Brands on the West Coast
Join us after EPR Think Tank on October 7, 2026 for a practical, forward-looking one-day program focused on the challenges shaping the future of beauty.
Whether your focus is legal, regulatory affairs, product safety, quality, marketing, or compliance, this conference provides the knowledge, practical guidance and industry connections needed to confidently navigate this complex cosmetics and personal care landscape.
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With conferences in the United States, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America, the C5 Group of Companies: American Conference Institute, the Canadian Institute, and C5 Group, provides a diverse portfolio of conferences, events and roundtables devoted to providing business intelligence to senior decision makers responding to challenges around the world.
For more information please contact:
Aaron Goldstein
Senior Business Development Manager
Email: [email protected]
