Personal care companies scrambling to meet the post-consumer recycled (PCR) content requirements of Washington state’s SB 5022 in just over a month could face formula stability issues and material shortages, warns Angela Diesch, attorney at Amin Wasserman Gurnani, LLP.
WA State Recyclability Law One-Month Countdown Begins; Cosmetic Packaging Procrastinators Warned
Personal care packaging producers should be prepared for Washington state’s 1 January deadline for ensuring personal care product containers are made up of at least 15% post-consumer recycled material, notes Angela Diesch, attorney at Amin Wasserman Gurnani, LLP, during a webinar hosted by Global Victoria, the trade facilitation agency for the state of Victoria in Australia.
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