California Packaging EPR Regulations (SB 54) | Instant Download

California’s groundbreaking Senate Bill 54 is reshaping how businesses approach packaging compliance. New draft regulations were released in August 2025 and are expected to be implemented by mid-2026. With penalties reaching $50,000 per day for non-compliance and potential stop-sale orders, understanding these requirements isn’t optional—it’s essential for your business continuity in the California market.

What You’ll Learn:

Who qualifies as a responsible producer, and when your business must comply
Critical exemptions and thresholds, including the $1M small producer exemption
Key compliance deadlines from September 2025 registration through November reporting
Essential reporting for weight calculations and plastic component counts
Original vs. proposed regulation changes and what they mean for your business
Next steps for compliance, including registration and reporting preparation

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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.

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.

California Packaging EPR Regulations (SB 54) | Instant Download