Unpacking California’s Brand New Packaging Regulations

Unpacking California’s Brand New Packaging Regulations

Big changes are coming: California’s long-awaited packaging EPR regulations are among the nation’s most sweeping and complex. 

RLG’s expert team will be among the first to “unpack” these new rules for you.We’ll break down what’s mandatory, what’s new or unexpected, and the urgent steps you must take to stay in compliance. If your products are sold in or into California, this is a crucial session. Don’t be caught unprepared by SB 54’s requirements. 

Why this session is urgent:

  • California’s EPR law is broad, detailed, and will impact most packaged goods entering the state.
  • The upcoming regulations aren’t just updates; they may redefine responsibilities, deadlines, and what counts as “compliance.”
  • Missing a detail could cost you market access or trigger costly penalties.
  • The law’s complexity is setting a new bar for U.S. packaging compliance.

What you’ll get from this webinar:

  • A real-time debrief on what the new California rules mean for your company.
  • What’s unexpected: Key changes and twists everyone needs to know NOW.
  • Concrete next steps: What to do first, what documents and data you’ll need, and how to avoid missteps as the rules kick in.
  • Expert Q&A: get clarity on your unique challenges.
  • Covering all roles: Essential for legal, compliance, sustainability, packaging, procurement, and brand teams.

This is the webinar your team cannot afford to miss if you want to keep doing business in California under the strict new EPR system.

Register now with your work email to reserve your spot. Post-session materials and compliance tools are sent only to business addresses.

California is raising the bar. Together, we can ensure you’re prepared. 

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Les Griffith - Speakers

Business Development Director
RLGA

Les Griffith is currently the Business Development Director at RLGA and is tasked with expanding the company’s data management offerings for packaging EPR in the Americas. Les has over 30 years of industry experience in Environmental Services, Extended Producer Responsibility and Reverse Distribution. Les has spent these last 30 years working with organizations to develop progressively more sustainable solutions to the management of end-of-life materials. Prior to joining RLG, Les spent eleven years at Covanta most recently serving as the Business Development Director for the Healthcare Solutions division. His group covered North and Central America and specialized in providing a suite of services to healthcare PROs, take-back services to retail pharmacy and law enforcement and environmental services to the healthcare sector and reverse distributors. Prior to Covanta Les spent 10 years at Waste Management Inc. as an Area Manager for their Healthcare Solutions group.

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Andriana Kontovrakis - Speakers

Director of Compliance Services
RLG

Andriana Kontovrakis is the Director of Compliance Services for Reverse Logistics Group’s US team.  She manages a team responsible for ensuring manufacturer and retailer customer compliance with EPR laws for electronics, batteries, packaging, household hazardous wastes, and other consumer products across the US. Along with RLG partner the Household and Commercial Products Association, she is spearheading the development of the Household Product Stewardship Alliance, a stewardship organization forming under the guidelines of Vermont’s HHW EPR law.  Prior to working with RLG, she was a Policy Analyst with the global electronics recycler Sims Lifecycle Solutions where she managed programmatic implementation and customer and supplier accounts for the US EPR compliance unit and the Deputy Director for Waste Prevention for the NYC Department of Sanitation.

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