When Connecticut became the first US state to impose an EPR system, it looked like some sort of order was coming to the state waste tyre disposal. However, the reality has been an unseen consequence.
The Connecticut EPR system , as intended, would see consumers pay a recycling fee on every tyre they purchased. This fee was to be used to ensure the proper management of the end-of-life tyres arising in the state.
It seems simple, however, the state’s largest tyre wholesaler sells tyres across New England, and was being hit with Connecticut recycling fees everywhere it sold its tyres, even th...
The Connecticut EPR system , as intended, would see consumers pay a recycling fee on every tyre they purchased. This fee was to be used to ensure the proper management of the end-of-life tyres arising in the state.
It seems simple, however, the state’s largest tyre wholesaler sells tyres across New England, and was being hit with Connecticut recycling fees everywhere it sold its tyres, even th...
