# Environment (GEN)

## Title 9. Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities

### Subtitle 25. Producer Responsibility for Packaging and Paper Products

#### Section 9-2502

(a) On or before October 1, 2023, the Department shall approve a single producer responsibility organization to represent the interests of producers under this subtitle.

(b) It is the intent of the General Assembly that this subtitle provide a framework for:

  (1) Minimizing the environmental and human health impacts of packaging, including by:

    (i) Reducing the amount of packaging, especially plastic packaging, sold in the State;

    (ii) Reducing packaging waste;

    (iii) Redesigning packaging to be recyclable, compostable, and reusable; and

    (iv) Reducing the toxicity of packaging;

  (2) Conserving resources by increasing the recycling rates and recycled content of covered products;

  (3) Modernizing and improving waste and recycling systems in the State, including by:

    (i) Facilitating the improvement of reuse, composting, and recycling;

    (ii) Stimulating responsible end markets for covered materials; and

    (iii) Improving access to and the efficiency of recycling, composting, and reuse infrastructure, with special emphasis on underserved communities; and

  (4) Making producers financially responsible for investing in the needed infrastructure and reimbursing local governments and other service providers for costs associated with transporting, collecting, and processing  covered materials.

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Md. Code Ann., Envir. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)