United States – California | Rulemaking: Notice of Proposed Action.
Notice of Proposed Action. The notice of proposed adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations.CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2025, VOLUME NUMBER 34–Z, pp 1056 – 1065. The notice of proposed rulemaking published by the Office of Administrative Law. The full document is available at California Regulatory Notice Register Online | OAL. Source section: Current Documents.
Read MoreUnited Kingdom | Guidance: Recording and reporting packaging waste: reprocessors and exporters
Recording and reporting packaging waste: reprocessors and exporters 15 April 2026 Guidance Source section: Reprocessors and exporters of packaging waste.
Read MoreUnited Kingdom | Guidance: Extended producer responsibility for packaging: check the public registers
Extended producer responsibility for packaging: check the public registers 5 March 2026 Guidance Source section: Registers and lists.
Read MoreUnited Kingdom | Guidance: EPR for packaging: what you must do as a ‘small producer’
EPR for packaging: what you must do as a ‘small producer’ 19 February 2026 Guidance Source section: Producers of packaging waste.
Read MoreUnited States – California | Obligation: Covered Material Categories List
On December 31, 2025, CalRecycle published an updated Covered Material Categories List (as required by PRC 42061 (e)), including: Updated recyclability and compostability determinations for each covered material category (CMC); and A first-ever recycling rate determination for each CMC (PRC 42061 (b)). Published: 2025-12-31. Source section: Program News.
Read MoreDazmii Included in Gartner® Cool Vendors Research Addressing Packaging EPR and Data Quality Challenges
We’re pleased to share that Dazmii has been included in Gartner® research focused on emerging vendors addressing packaging data quality challenges driven by Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation and related regulatory pressures. In its report, Cool Vendors in AI and Data Tools for Packaging EPR, Gartner examines how evolving packaging legislation is creating new operational,…
Read MoreCalifornia SB 54 – The Packaging EPR Revolution That Isn’t Quite Here Yet
On June 30, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 54 (SB 54), formally known as the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act. SB 54 is intended to be one of the most ambitious packaging and plastics laws in the U.S. — pushing the cost of packaging waste management onto the…
Read MoreThe AI Hype at Pack Expo
The AI Hype at Pack Expo — And Why It’s Mostly Smoke Walk the aisles at Pack Expo these days, and you’ll see it everywhere: “AI-powered this,” “machine learning that,” “autonomous intelligence embedded.” It’s become the theme du jour, the umbrella under which nearly every technology—and every exhibitor—wants to live. But here’s the painful…
Read MoreThe Missing Link in System Success: Aligning People, Process, and Data
In our first post, we explained why system implementations often stumble — it’s rarely the platform, and almost always the data. In our second, we normalized the fact that data refinement is part of the journey, not a sign of failure. But there’s one more ingredient needed for success: alignment. Without alignment between people, process,…
Read MoreWhy Data Refinement Is Normal (and Necessary) in System Implementations
In our last post, we talked about why system implementations often stumble — and how the problem usually isn’t the platform, but the data that feeds it. Today, let’s take that idea further: refining data is not a one-time task. It’s an ongoing process, and that’s okay. The Expectation vs. The Reality Most teams approach…
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