The EU Digital Product Passport (DPP) is part of the European Union’s strategy to make products more sustainable, traceable, and circular under the EU’s Green Deal and Circular Economy Action Plan. It’s essentially a digital “identity card” for products that tracks key information about them throughout their lifecycle.
The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is a proposed set of rules from the European Union aimed at making packaging more sustainable, circular, and environmentally friendly. It’s part of the EU’s broader Circular Economy Action Plan under the European Green Deal.
The California Retailers Association, the American Apparel and Footwear Association, and the National Retail Federation launched the Textile Renewal Alliance to implement an extended producer responsibility (EPR) program under California’s Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024 (SB 707).
Visit the TRA website here: https://textilerenewalalliance.org/
Here are the details on Washington State’s revised PFAS regulation, which includes reporting beginning on January 1, 2026.:
The US announced the framework of a trade agreement with Switzerland and Liechtenstein:
Here are details on Maine’s PFAS regulations:
Here is the legislative text of Colorado’s PFAS regulation:
Read more about Oregon’s EPR regulation: