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Every material research claim is tied to a named source, a URL, a verification date, and a limitation. Direct facts, derived calculations, observations, and analysis remain distinct.

Product capability statements are governed separately by the product requirements and implementation evidence. A cited regulation or program page does not prove a customer’s obligation, a legal conclusion, or a guaranteed product outcome.

Registry status10 accepted sources
Claims governed9 claims
Last verifiedJuly 21, 2026
Accepted source registry
official-pro

Producer Reporting

Circular Action Alliance / U.S. paper and packaging EPR programs administered by CAA

https://circularactionalliance.org/producer-reporting

Data or publication date: Current web guidance; accessed July 21, 2026

Last verified: July 21, 2026

Supported claims and limits
  • Reports describe covered-material quantities supplied into applicable states.
  • Reports are an input to setting producer fees or dues.
  • Reporting generally involves internal ownership, a supply-data methodology, sales and packaging weights, brands, and associated producers.
  • Data year, report date, payment date, and program year are distinct concepts.
  • CAA guidance is not a substitute for state law, official agency guidance, or legal advice.
  • Detailed reporting guidance may require CAA registration and a Participant Producer Agreement.
official-pro

Producer Resource Center

Circular Action Alliance / California, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Maryland, and Minnesota CAA activities

https://circularactionalliance.org/producer-resource-center

Data or publication date: Current web resource; 2026 dates displayed on page

Last verified: July 21, 2026

Supported claims and limits
  • State reporting and fee timelines differ.
  • The page lists distinct 2026 report types and dates for several states.
  • Oregon fee obligations began in 2025, Colorado fee obligations began in 2026, and California fee obligations begin in 2027 according to the page.
  • California reporting includes baseline, annual supply, and source-reduction-related submissions.
  • Dates are operational guidance and can change; users should confirm current agency and PRO instructions.
  • The page explicitly directs producers to state pages for more detailed information.
industry-observation

Helping Producers Navigate the Evolving Landscape of EPR

Circular Action Alliance / CAA producer-support operations

https://circularactionalliance.org/news-feed/helping-producers-navigate-the-evolving-landscape-of-epr

Data or publication date: Current CAA article; accessed July 21, 2026

Last verified: July 21, 2026

Supported claims and limits
  • CAA describes implementation work falling to packaging engineers, sustainability leads, and operations managers who may already have full workloads.
  • CAA says it responds to thousands of support cases each month, especially around reporting deadlines.
  • CAA says many internal systems predate EPR and packaging data can be incomplete, inconsistent, or scattered across teams.
  • These are statements from a program operator, not an independent survey or causal labor study.
  • The page does not establish a typical customer workload, cost, or savings amount.
state-agency

Producer Guidance

California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) / California

https://calrecycle.ca.gov/packaging/packaging-epr/producerguidance/

Data or publication date: Current state guidance; page includes guidance published through July 17, 2026

Last verified: July 21, 2026

Supported claims and limits
  • PEPRS is used for producer registration, data submission, compliance tracking, and required documentation.
  • CalRecycle describes PRO and self-reporting pathways.
  • The page links guidance for covered materials, producer screening, source-reduction reporting, exemptions, and exclusions.
  • California requirements and guidance can change; this page is not a legal determination for a particular producer.
  • The platform should preserve the exact guidance version used for any assessment.
government-data

Compliance Officers: Occupational Outlook Handbook

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics / United States labor market

https://www.bls.gov/ooh/business-and-financial/compliance-officers.htm

Data or publication date: May 2024 wage data

Last verified: July 21, 2026

Supported claims and limits
  • Median annual wage for compliance officers was $78,420 in May 2024.
  • The median wage for compliance officers in manufacturing was $85,040 in May 2024.
  • BLS describes duties including staying current on requirements, assessing risk, documenting findings, and coordinating information.
  • This is an occupation-wide wage source, not an EPR-specific salary survey.
  • It does not show the share of a role devoted to packaging EPR.
government-data

Compensation Percentiles: A tool for assessing employee compensation

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics / United States private industry

https://www.bls.gov/ecec/factsheets/compensation-percentile-estimates.htm

Data or publication date: March 2026 employer compensation data

Last verified: July 21, 2026

Supported claims and limits
  • For private-industry workers, wages and salaries represented 69.9% of total compensation and benefits represented 30.1% in March 2026.
  • The ratio covers private-industry workers generally, not compliance officers or EPR roles specifically.
  • Using it to estimate loaded labor cost is a transparent Westover calculation, not a BLS estimate of EPR cost.
international-policy

Extended Producer Responsibility: Basic facts and key principles

OECD / International policy context

https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/extended-producer-responsibility_67587b0b-en.html

Data or publication date: 2024

Last verified: July 21, 2026

Supported claims and limits
  • OECD describes EPR as an approach that makes producers responsible across the product lifecycle, including the post-consumer stage.
  • EPR is an established policy approach discussed across multiple product and country settings.
  • This is international policy context and does not establish a specific U.S. obligation, cost, or savings amount.
international-policy

Extended Producer Responsibility: Updated Guidance for Efficient Waste Management

OECD / International policy context

https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/extended-producer-responsibility_9789264256385-en.html

Data or publication date: 2016

Last verified: July 21, 2026

Supported claims and limits
  • Provides broader policy and implementation context for EPR design, costs, incentives, and administration.
  • It predates current U.S. packaging programs and cannot support current state deadlines or producer determinations.
academic

Designing and operationalising extended producer responsibility under the EU Green Deal

Environmental Challenges / ScienceDirect / International academic context

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667010024001434

Data or publication date: 2024

Last verified: July 21, 2026

Supported claims and limits
  • The study reviews 88 papers and identifies EPR system heterogeneity as an implementation challenge.
  • The paper concerns EU policy context and does not establish U.S. customer savings or a U.S. compliance cost.
academic

Potential effectiveness of extended producer responsibility: An ex-ante policy impact analysis for plastic packaging waste in Belgium, France, and Germany

Resources, Conservation and Recycling / ScienceDirect / Belgium, France, and Germany

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921344925001764

Data or publication date: June 1, 2025

Last verified: July 21, 2026

Supported claims and limits
  • The paper identifies data quality, transparency, contextual differences, and harmonization as relevant limitations in evaluating EPR effectiveness.
  • The findings are not U.S. packaging compliance evidence and must not be generalized to U.S. companies.
Calculation methodology

Transparent formulas, editable assumptions.

loaded annual cost = annual wage / wage share of total compensationroutine labor = monthly hours × 12 × loaded hourly costreporting-season labor = additional reporting-season hours × loaded hourly costtotal current cost = routine labor + reporting labor + supplier follow-up cost + outside services + cleanup/correction cost

These are illustrative estimates combining BLS occupational wage data from May 2024 with average private-industry compensation composition from March 2026. They are not an EPR-specific salary survey and do not represent every employer’s actual cost.

Claim governance
ClaimStatusSourcesNext review
CAA describes producer reporting as covering quantities of covered materials supplied into applicable states and says reports inform fee or dues setting.directCAA-PRODUCER-REPORTINGOctober 21, 2026
CAA identifies internal ownership, methodology, sales, packaging weights, brands, and associated producers as parts of the reporting workflow.directCAA-PRODUCER-REPORTINGOctober 21, 2026
State reporting and fee timelines differ, and CAA lists distinct data years, report types, and dates across programs.directCAA-PRODUCER-REPORTING, CAA-RESOURCE-CENTEROctober 21, 2026
CAA reports that packaging data can be incomplete, inconsistent, or scattered across teams and labels this as a program-operator observation.observationCAA-OPERATIONAL-OBSERVATIONOctober 21, 2026
CalRecycle describes PEPRS as an online portal for producer registration, data submission, compliance tracking, and required documentation.directCALRECYCLE-PRODUCER-GUIDANCEOctober 21, 2026
BLS reports a May 2024 median compliance-officer wage of $78,420 and a manufacturing-industry median of $85,040.directBLS-COMPLIANCE-OFFICERSJuly 21, 2027
BLS reports that private-industry wages and salaries represented 69.9% of total compensation in March 2026.directBLS-COMPENSATION-COMPOSITIONJuly 21, 2027
Using the BLS wage figures and 69.9% wage share, Westover calculates illustrative loaded annual labor costs of $112,188.84 and $121,659.51.derivedBLS-COMPLIANCE-OFFICERS, BLS-COMPENSATION-COMPOSITIONJuly 21, 2027
OECD describes EPR as extending producer responsibility across the product lifecycle, including the post-consumer stage.international-contextOECD-EPR-BASIC-FACTSJuly 21, 2027

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