The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) is a U.S. federal law that targets forced labor and human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. It was signed into law in December 2021 and is designed to prevent products made with forced labor from entering the United States.

https://www.cbp.gov/trade/forced-labor/UFLPA

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.:

https://ecology.wa.gov/waste-toxics/reducing-toxic-chemicals/washingtons-toxics-in-products-laws/safer-products

Here are details on Maine’s PFAS regulations:

https://www.maine.gov/dep/spills/topics/pfas/PFAS-products

Here is the legislative text of Colorado’s PFAS regulation:

https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-081

Read more about Oregon’s EPR regulation:

https://circularactionalliance.org/oregon

https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ba/pdf/2024SB-00292-R01-BA.pdf