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Georgia Sets Up a Senate Recycling Study Committee, Which Is How EPR States Usually Start

Update update, August 10, 2026. Part of the EPR Atlas weekly packaging EPR update log.

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Update  |  GA  |  August 10, 2026

Georgia SR 610 was adopted by the state Senate 48-0 on March 31, 2026, creating the Senate Study Committee on Improving and Increasing Recycling. It meets during the interim and its scope covers recycling and the recycling supply chain statewide. Separately, Georgia HB 1237, a packaging EPR bill introduced February 6, 2026, died in committee when the session ended. What this means for you: nothing to comply with, and Georgia is not an EPR state. It is on this list because a legislative study committee is the normal first step on the path every enacted state took, and a unanimous vote to create one is a stronger signal than a failed bill is a negative one. If you sell into the Southeast, Georgia is the state most worth watching for a 2027 introduction. Source: Georgia General Assembly, SR 610.

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