# Environment (GEN)

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

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

#### Section 9-2511

(a) The Department shall adopt regulations to carry out this subtitle.

(b) Regulations adopted under this section:

  (1) May establish criteria regarding providing benefits to the environment and minimizing risks to public health and worker health and safety; and

  (2) Shall establish, or require a producer responsibility plan to establish, a process for validating responsible end markets.

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