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Recycling 2024

Adopted rule

Administrative Order No. DEQ-20-2024 
Filed and effective: Nov. 24, 2024
See Oregon Bulletin, December 2024

Rulemaking contact: Roxann Nayar, 503-348-8904

The Environmental Quality Commission adopted rules to clarify and implement the Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act of 2021. The Act requires producers of packaging, paper products and food service ware to support and expand recycling services in Oregon for their products. In this second rulemaking, the EQC adopted rules on multiple topics, including permitting standards and fees related to commingled recycling processing facilities; living wages and supportive benefits for commingled recycling processing facility workers; generator-facing contamination; covered product exemptions; standards for environmental impact evaluation and disclosure; and a waste prevention and reuse fee. 

​​DEQ convened an advisory committee to review the technical issues and fiscal impacts related to the proposed rules. In convening this committee, DEQ appointed members that reflect the range of entities that are both directly and indirectly affected by proposed changes to the rules.


​Meeting 7 - April 3, 2024

Meeting 6 - March 14, 2024

Meeting 5 - Feb. 14, 2024

​​​​​​Meeting 4: Jan. 31, 2024

Meeting 3

​​​​Meeting 2: Sept. 19, 2023

Meeting 1: July 13, 2023



Public involvement

The comment period closed at 4 p.m. on July 26, 2024.

For more information, see the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which includes the notice and proposed rules.

Public hearing
DEQ held two public hearings on June 27, 2024.

EQC action

The Environmental Quality Commission adopted these rules at its meeting on Nov. 21, 2024.DEQ plans to to present the final proposal, including any modifications made in response to public comments, to the Environmental Quality Commission for a decision at its Nov. 21-22 meeting.

Item K: Recycling Updates 2024 Rulemaking (Action)