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  "title": "Colorado vs Minnesota EPR: Thresholds, Fees and Dates",
  "h1": "Colorado vs Minnesota EPR: Rules Compared",
  "description": "Colorado vs Minnesota packaging EPR compared: registration thresholds, fees per kilogram, deadlines and report formats, each from a primary source.",
  "answer": "Colorado and Minnesota both run packaging EPR, but the rules differ. Minnesota exempts only producers below the lower revenue floor, $2,000,000 against $5,000,000 in Colorado. Both set the lowest weight exemption at 907.2 kg. Both require producers to register. Every figure below links to its primary source.",
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      "statement": "Colorado exemption: Exempt from Part 7: revenue under the dollar limit, under one ton of covered materials, state or local government, nonprofit, an agricultural employer with under $5 million in-state consumer sales of its own-brand farm products, a single licensed retail food establishment at a physical location, and builders, construction companies and contractors. It does not have to be applied for.",
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        "quote": "the MPCA confirmed Circular Action Alliance (CAA) — a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, producer-led organization — as Minnesota’s initial PRO.",
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      "statement": "Colorado: the 2027 fee schedule of Circular Action Alliance (Colorado PRO), effective January 1, 2027, is the source of the per-kilogram rates used on this page.",
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      "id": "answer",
      "heading": null,
      "kind": "answer",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"answer\"></a>\n\nColorado and Minnesota both run packaging EPR, but the rules differ. Minnesota exempts only producers below the lower revenue floor, $2,000,000 against $5,000,000 in Colorado. Both set the lowest weight exemption at 907.2 kg. Both require producers to register. Every figure below links to its primary source."
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      "id": "glance",
      "heading": "Colorado and Minnesota side by side",
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      "markdown": "<a id=\"glance\"></a>\n\n## Colorado and Minnesota side by side\n\n3 of 9 rows have a verified figure on each side of Colorado and Minnesota; a cell reads “not yet published” when a side has none, and an exemption row reads “none recorded; see thresholds” when no exemption is on record.\n\n<a id=\"glance-table\"></a>**Colorado and Minnesota: the measures both programmes publish**\n\n| Measure | Colorado | Minnesota | Stricter |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Registration duty | Required | Required | Same |\n| Producer organisation | more than one producer responsibility organisation | one producer responsibility organisation | Not comparable |\n| Lowest revenue exemption | $5,000,000 | $2,000,000 | Minnesota |\n| Lowest weight exemption | 907.2 kg | 907.2 kg | Same |\n| First annual report date | not yet published | May 31 | Not comparable |\n| Published penalties | 3 published | 1 published | Not comparable |\n| Report file | csv | csv | Not comparable |\n| Paper fee, cheapest matched rate | 9.0 cents per pound | not yet published | Not comparable |\n| Plastic fee, cheapest matched rate | 62.0 cents per pound | not yet published | Not comparable |\n\n<a id=\"calc-revenue\"></a>The lowest revenue exemption is $5,000,000 in Colorado and $2,000,000 in Minnesota. Minnesota therefore reaches smaller sellers: a business with revenue between the two lines is exempt in Colorado but still in scope in Minnesota.\n\n<a id=\"calc-mass\"></a>The lowest weight exemption is the same on both sides: 907.2 kg of packaging.\n\n<a id=\"calc-registration\"></a>Both programmes require a producer to register, in Colorado and in Minnesota."
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      "id": "programme",
      "heading": "Who runs the programme in Colorado and Minnesota",
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      "markdown": "<a id=\"programme\"></a>\n\n## Who runs the programme in Colorado and Minnesota\n\nWho collects and who the producer files with, in Colorado and then Minnesota.\n\n<a id=\"programme-table\"></a>**Colorado and Minnesota: how each programme is set up**\n\n| Aspect | Colorado | Minnesota |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Regime | Colorado Producer Responsibility Program for Statewide Recycling Act, C.R.S. 25-17-701 et seq. (HB22-1355) | Minnesota packaging EPR law, Minnesota Statutes sections 115A.144 to 115A.1463 |\n| Regulator | Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), Solid Waste and Materials Management Program | Minnesota Pollution Control Agency |\n| Producers obligated | Yes | Yes |\n| Registration | Required, Circular Action Alliance producer portal | Required, Producer joins a PRO; the PRO registers with the MPCA |\n| Producer organisation | more than one producer responsibility organisation: Circular Action Alliance, Interchange 360 (automotive lubricant packaging, individual programme); membership required | one producer responsibility organisation: Circular Action Alliance; membership required |\n| Revenue counted as | realised gross total revenue, USD, prior calendar year | not yet published |\n| Who counts as the producer | other: first distributor; primary: manufacturer or brand owner, brand licensee, importer; shipping: packer and shipper | primary: manufacturer, brand licensee, brand owner, importer |\n\n> **Not yet published**: Not yet published for Colorado: the rules on transferring responsibility. Reason: The sections read (703, 709, 710, 713) do not say whether obligations can be assigned by contract. Sections 25-17-705 to 708 were not read.\n\n> **Not yet published**: Not yet published for Minnesota: the rules on transferring responsibility. Reason: No transfer or delegation rule was found in the definition read.\n\n> **Not yet published**: Not yet published for Minnesota: how revenue is counted. Reason: Revenue scope for the producer threshold was not read beyond the de minimis definition.\n\nThe two programmes are organised differently. Colorado uses more than one producer responsibility organisation; Minnesota uses one producer responsibility organisation. For a seller in both, that usually means two different counterparties, two different sign-up routes and two different sets of terms to read before the first report is due."
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      "id": "scope",
      "heading": "What Colorado and Minnesota cover, side by side",
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      "markdown": "<a id=\"scope\"></a>\n\n## What Colorado and Minnesota cover, side by side\n\nEach row below is one published feature of the two programmes; a cell reads “not yet published” when Colorado or Minnesota has no verified entry for it in the dataset.\n\n<a id=\"scope-table\"></a>**Scope, producer duties, categories, labelling and targets, Colorado and Minnesota**\n\n| Aspect | Colorado | Minnesota |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Materials covered | packaging material, paper products, food serviceware | packaging, paper products |\n| Product classes covered | packaging, paper, food serviceware | packaging, paper |\n| Excluded from scope | packaging used solely in transportation to nonconsumers, packaging used solely in business to business sales | exempt materials |\n| Sales channels addressed | physical retail, internet transaction | physical retail, remote sale, other distribution |\n| Producer duty: primary packaging | manufacturer_brand_owner; licensee; importer | manufacturer; licensee; brand_owner; importer |\n| Producer duty: shipping packaging | packer_shipper | not yet published |\n| Producer duty: other packaging | first_distributor | not yet published |\n| Reporting categories | 61, covered material type by material class | not yet published |\n| Exemption 1 | Exempt from Part 7: revenue under the dollar limit, under one ton of covered materials, state or local government, nonprofit, an agricultural employer with under $5 million in-state consumer sales of its own-brand farm products, a single licensed retail food establishment at a physical location, and builders, construction companies and contractors. | A de minimis producer introduced under one ton or earned under $2,000,000 in global gross revenue in its most recent fiscal year. |"
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      "heading": "Thresholds and exemptions in Colorado and Minnesota",
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      "markdown": "<a id=\"thresholds\"></a>\n\n## Thresholds and exemptions in Colorado and Minnesota\n\nEvery verified threshold Colorado and Minnesota publish, as each states it.\n\n<a id=\"thresholds-table\"></a>**Verified thresholds in Colorado and Minnesota**\n\n| Place | Measure | Amount | Effect | Basis as published |\n| --- | --- | ---: | --- | --- |\n| Colorado | revenue | $5,000,000 | exempt below | realized gross total revenue, prior calendar year, excluding on-premises alcohol sales |\n| Colorado | packaging tonnage | 1 short ton | exempt below | covered materials used for products sold or distributed in or into Colorado, prior calendar year |\n| Colorado | packaging tonnage | 10 short tons | flat-fee band | covered materials supplied into Colorado |\n| Minnesota | packaging tonnage | 1 short ton | exempt below | covered material introduced, most recent fiscal year |\n| Minnesota | revenue | $2,000,000 | exempt below | global gross revenue, most recent fiscal year |\n\n<a id=\"a-exemption-statutory-exemptions\"></a>Colorado exemption: Exempt from Part 7: revenue under the dollar limit, under one ton of covered materials, state or local government, nonprofit, an agricultural employer with under $5 million in-state consumer sales of its own-brand farm products, a single licensed retail food establishment at a physical location, and builders, construction companies and contractors. It does not have to be applied for.\n\n<a id=\"b-exemption-de-minimis-producer\"></a>Minnesota exemption: A de minimis producer introduced under one ton or earned under $2,000,000 in global gross revenue in its most recent fiscal year. It does not have to be applied for.\n\nRead the basis column first: the same amount can exempt a producer in one programme and only simplify its report in another.\n\nThe lowest revenue exemption is $5,000,000 in Colorado and $2,000,000 in Minnesota. Minnesota therefore reaches smaller sellers: a business with revenue between the two lines is exempt in Colorado but still in scope in Minnesota.\n\nThe lowest weight exemption is the same on both sides: 907.2 kg of packaging."
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      "id": "rates",
      "heading": "Fees per kilogram for shared materials",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"rates\"></a>\n\n## Fees per kilogram for shared materials\n\nColorado publishes per-kilogram rates in the dataset; Minnesota does not. The rows therefore show Colorado only. Until both sides publish per-kilogram rates for the same material class, a fee comparison between Colorado and Minnesota would mean inventing a figure, and this page does not do that.\n\n> **Not yet published**: Minnesota: no verified per-kilogram fee schedule is in the dataset yet.\n\n<a id=\"a-fee-source\"></a>Colorado: the 2027 fee schedule of Circular Action Alliance (Colorado PRO), effective January 1, 2027, is the source of the per-kilogram rates used on this page.\n\n<a id=\"a-rate-co-kraft-paper\"></a>Colorado 2027: the category “Kraft Paper” is published at 9.0 cents per pound.\n\n<a id=\"a-rate-co-hdpe-2-ldpe-4-flexible-and-film-items\"></a>Colorado 2027: the category “HDPE (#2)/LDPE (#4) Flexible and Film Items” is published at 62.0 cents per pound.\n\n<a id=\"a-rate-co-glass-bottles-and-jars-and-other-containers\"></a>Colorado 2027: the category “Glass Bottles and Jars & Other Containers” is published at 5.0 cents per pound."
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      "id": "deadlines",
      "heading": "Deadlines in Colorado and Minnesota",
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      "markdown": "<a id=\"deadlines\"></a>\n\n## Deadlines in Colorado and Minnesota\n\nEach verified date, with the period it covers when one is given.\n\n<a id=\"deadlines-table\"></a>**Verified deadlines in Colorado and Minnesota**\n\n| Place | Kind | Date | Covers |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Colorado | payment | January 1, 2026 | program year 2026 |\n| Colorado | other | January 1, 2026 | not yet published |\n| Minnesota | registration | July 1, 2026 | not yet published |\n| Minnesota | report | May 31, 2026 | not yet published |\n| Minnesota | other | December 31, 2026 | not yet published |\n| Minnesota | other | October 1, 2028 | not yet published |\n| Minnesota | payment | February 1, 2029 | not yet published |\n| Minnesota | payment | February 1, 2030 | not yet published |\n| Minnesota | payment | February 1, 2031 | not yet published |\n\n> **Not yet published**: Not yet published for Colorado: the supply report date. Reason: No Colorado report date was on the CAA or CDPHE pages read.\n\n> **Not yet published**: Not yet published for Colorado: the plan implementation date. Reason: CDPHE gives a season, not a date."
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      "id": "penalties",
      "heading": "Penalties in Colorado and Minnesota",
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      "markdown": "<a id=\"penalties\"></a>\n\n## Penalties in Colorado and Minnesota\n\nWhat each side has published; a side without an amount says so.\n\n<a id=\"a-penalty-0\"></a>Colorado penalty for First violation of Part 7 by a producer or producer responsibility organization: up to $5,000 for the first day, then up to $1,500 per day the violation continues.\n\n<a id=\"a-penalty-1\"></a>Colorado penalty for Second violation within twelve months after a prior violation: up to $10,000 for the first day, then up to $3,000 per day the violation continues.\n\n<a id=\"a-penalty-2\"></a>Colorado penalty for Third or later violation within twelve months after two or more prior violations: up to $20,000 for the first day, then up to $6,000 per day the violation continues.\n\n<a id=\"b-penalty-0\"></a>Minnesota penalty for violation of sections 115A.144 to 115A.1463: up to $25,000 per day."
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      "id": "formats",
      "heading": "Report formats in Colorado and Minnesota",
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      "markdown": "<a id=\"formats\"></a>\n\n## Report formats in Colorado and Minnesota\n\nHow the report file for Colorado compares with the one for Minnesota.\n\n<a id=\"formats-table\"></a>**Report file layouts for Colorado and Minnesota**\n\n| Aspect | Colorado | Minnesota |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Layout | Colorado producer supply report by material category 2026-09-29 (built from CAA Colorado 2026 dues schedule) | Minnesota interim producer supply report by material class 2026-09-29 (interim, built from CAA guidance) |\n| Recipient | Circular Action Alliance (Colorado PRO) | Circular Action Alliance (Minnesota PRO) |\n| How it is submitted | CAA producer portal. The customer signs in and submits. | CAA producer portal. The customer signs in and submits. |\n| File type | csv | csv |\n| Encoding | utf-8 | utf-8 |\n| Delimiter | , | , |\n| Decimal separator | . |\n| Columns | 4 | 4 |\n| Required columns | 4 of 4 | 4 of 4 |\n| Weight unit | lb | lb |\n| Period basis | calendar year | calendar year |\n\n> **Not yet published**: Colorado: the programme’s own report specification is not yet published. Reason: CAA retired its public Colorado guidance page on Aug 10, 2026; the reporting categories and tools are now only inside the Producer Portal, behind registration. The layout above is Instica’s working layout.\n\n> **Not yet published**: Minnesota: the programme’s own report specification is not yet published. Reason: The PRO says Minnesota material reporting categories are not defined, and the draft plan is not expected until 2027. Only the simplified interim reporting exists, and it is portal-only. The layout above is Instica’s working layout.\n\nThe two layouts share a file type and a delimiter, but each programme names its own columns and categories, so one file cannot be sent to both programmes. Each report is built from the same underlying measurements and exported separately."
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      "id": "choose",
      "heading": "Which to plan for first, Colorado or Minnesota",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"choose\"></a>\n\n## Which to plan for first, Colorado or Minnesota\n\nCheck the exemption thresholds before anything else. Minnesota reaches smaller sellers than Colorado, so a seller that is exempt in Colorado may still have to register in Minnesota."
    },
    {
      "id": "faq",
      "heading": "Questions about comparing these two programmes",
      "kind": "faq",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"faq\"></a>\n\n## Questions about comparing these two programmes\n\n### <a id=\"q1\"></a>Is Colorado or Minnesota stricter on packaging EPR?\n\nMinnesota exempts only producers below the lower revenue floor, $2,000,000 against $5,000,000 in Colorado. Both set the lowest weight exemption at 907.2 kg. Both require producers to register.\n\n### <a id=\"q2\"></a>Do I register in both Colorado and Minnesota?\n\nColorado requires producers to register. Minnesota requires producers to register.\n\n### <a id=\"q3\"></a>How do the fees per kilogram compare in Colorado and Minnesota?\n\nThe dataset does not hold per-kilogram rates for the same material class on both sides, so this page does not compare fees.\n\n### <a id=\"q4\"></a>Which deadline comes first, Colorado or Minnesota?\n\nThe dataset does not hold a verified annual report date on both sides, so this page does not say which comes first."
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      "id": "estimate",
      "heading": "How these figures are made",
      "kind": "boilerplate",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"estimate\"></a>\n\n## How these figures are made\n\n> **Estimate**: Instica measures, estimates and prepares. Every figure on this page is read from a sourced record or computed from one, and each carries its data quality. Converted amounts are approximate and name the exchange rate used. The customer signs and submits each report; Instica never stores regulator login details and never files on your behalf. This page is general information about published rules; confirm your own position with a qualified adviser."
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          "anchor": "France vs Minnesota EPR: Rules Compared",
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