unPacked: 2026 EPR Resource Planning

Planning your 2026 packaging compliance resources?‍

Tagged into an EPR project?Making a business case for more budget?

This one's for you.

EPR ownership is a hot potato. Here's a common scenario: Legal passes to compliance. Compliance passes to sustainability. Packaging gets tagged in but doesn't have any spare budget or headcount. And nobody knows who owns shipping packaging data. We spent Q4 talking to CPG brands and companies across industries to find out what they struggled with in the first year of multi-state U.S. EPR reporting. This webinar unpacks those conversations: the breakdown of headcount, capacity, roles and responsibilities, and who should actually own and direct this work.

What Multi-State EPR Requires

• The 5 phases of compliance and where teams typically get stuck
• The hours spent on activity to support each phase, depending on your company's number of SKUs

Cross-Functional Accountability

• How to structure ownership when no single person has all the data
• A RACI model for EPR to promote internal accountability
• Getting teams to work together and a framework for data sharing

Making the Business Case

• Proof points to share with leadership
• How to get buy-in for headcount or a platform investment... and a comparison of the options available

2026 EPR Landscape Updates

As always, we'll also share the latest 2026 EPR and packaging compliance news, including Colorado and Oregon fee payment schedules, California finalization delays, Washington's new PCR requirements, and the new states to include in your planning.