Q2 2025 Global Regulatory Recap: Key Compliance Updates for North America, EMEA, and APAC

The 3E Q2 regulatory update spans a number of disparate topics, with upcoming deadlines that companies should be aware of. This article summarizes content presented in 3E’s Q2’25 Regulatory Roundup Webinar. Many topics are discussed, however, not every issue is summarized below. Companies should also listen to the webinar for a comprehensive overview of the upcoming changes.

North America: Key Regulatory Changes in Q2 2025

The overarching focus for the United States (U.S.) revolves around EPR – which is a regulatory strategy that places the responsibility for impacts of post-consumer products on the producers themselves instead of on municipalities. EPR came out of the EU Green Deal.

Obligations can include:

• Recycling and collection
• Reporting and labeling
• Eco-modulated fee structure.

Industries affected include: packaging, electronics, batteries, and textiles. However, EPR related to packaging is gaining the most momentum at this time.

At the time of this publication, more than half ofU.S. states have EPR regulations, however, only seven states have EPR packaging regulations.

States with EPR regulations are: Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, Utah, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnestoa, Wisconsin, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.

States with EPR packaging regulations include: Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado, Minnesota, Maryland, and Maine. Notably, companies should be on the lookout for the four states that introduced or reintroduced EPR packaging bills: New York, New Jersey, Illinois, and Tennessee.