RLG Partners to Launch Innovative Training Program for Navigating Complex EPR Regulations

RLG Partners to Launch Innovative Training Program for Navigating Complex EPR Regulations

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May 12, 2025

Iselin, NJ – RLG (Reverse Logistics Group), a global leader in circular solutions and compliance services, has joined forces with industry leaders to launch a new training resource aimed at helping companies comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) packaging laws across multiple states.

New EPR Academy Offers Practical Guidance for Multi-State Compliance

EPR Academy was established to address the industry’s need for a better understanding of compliance regulations. It brings relevant information required for reporting into one easily accessible place. The course modules provide practical guidance for clients preparing for registration in obligating U.S. States and include references, case studies from other jurisdictions, and useful links. 

“EPR Academy provides a robust new resource for regulatory/compliance managers to better lead their companies through EPR compliance,” said Brad Wright, Executive Vice President of RLG Americas. “This one-stop resource is much needed in the market, and RLG is thrilled to participate as a knowledge partner in this important work.”

As a globally renowned expert in EPR, RLG contributed to the development of the course, both in an advisory capacity and through its input from a stakeholder perspective.

EPR packaging laws have been enacted in California, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, and Oregon. Companies must report the amount of packaging they sell in these states according to each state’s regulations and calendar. The first reporting deadline in the U.S. was in Oregon on March 31, 2025, with upcoming deadlines in Colorado and California later this year.

The Academy was founded as a collaborative effort between RLG Americas, corporate EPR advocates, and association partners.

To learn more about the course or to register, visit www.learnepr.com.

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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.

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