Site Update  |  U.S.  |  August 10, 2026

Two navigation changes landed on the State Deep Dive, both aimed at the same complaint: the state profiles are thorough, and thorough means long. First, a pinned row of six questions now sits at the top of every state profile: Where does the program stand? Am I a producer here? What will it cost? What do I report, and when? How do I lower my fees? How does this state compare? Pick the one you are asking and the page goes straight to the cards that answer it, and the row stays pinned as you scroll, so you are never more than one click from another answer. Second, each state header now carries a small "How this state differs" button. It opens a compact overlay listing the three to five places that state genuinely departs from the other six, from Colorado's pesticide-packaging carve-out to California's application-only small-producer exemption to Maryland's primary-packaging-only exemption list. The overlay adds nothing to scroll past, and every item on it is stated in full, with its source and evidence label, on the card it points to. Source: EPRAtlas.com.

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