One of the biggest decisions in developing an EPR bill is whether producers are required to form a single Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) or can choose to form several PROs. In the case of competing PROs, it is essential to ensure a level playing field by creating an independent entity like a Clearing House or a Central Agency. This need was anticipated in the European Commission’s 2018 Circular Economy Package, which sought to ensure that, in the case of multiple PROs, each entity would have the same or equivalent obligations to ensure fairness. This webinar will feature expert speakers, including a consultant to the European Investment Bank about managing multiple PROs in Romania’s packaging EPR program; a government official from Ontario, Canada, helping to transition the province to a new EPR governance structure; and a U.S. consultant functioning as the country’s only active Clearing House on an electronics EPR program in the state of Illinois. These speakers will discuss their roles in managing multiple PROs to avoid cherry picking, creative reporting, and other program inefficiencies, and to develop equitable programs. We will also cover the benefits and drawbacks of single PRO and multiple PRO systems, and various governance models for managing multiple PROs.

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