Comments Due: Vermont EPR For Household Hazardous Waste Program Plan Public Comment Period Closes September 10

In 2023, Vermont became the first state to enact an extended producer responsibility (EPR) program for household hazardous products (HHP). This EPR law, adopted as 10 V.S.A. § 7181 et seq., seeks to address rising costs that Vermont municipalities encounter while collecting and managing hazardous consumer waste as required under state law. The law and pending program plan cover discarded consumer hazardous products, such as aerosols, cleaning products, dyes, motor oil containers, and more. Producers of products covered under the law selling these products in or into Vermont should be aware of future program requirements and opportunities to engage with the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) during program development.