Maine received no proposals for the contract to administer its packaging EPR program, the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said on August 20. This setback leaves the country’s first statewide packaging stewardship law without a path to implementation. The state’s request for proposals (RFP) closed August 18 with no submissions. DEP said it is “assessing all options” and will share more in a future newsletter. The department did…
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