Oregon EPR 2027

Packaging EPR in Oregon: what we have verified

This page collects what we have verified about packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) in Oregon. 13 of 16 core rule fields are published from primary sources and 3 are not yet published. The dataset was last reviewed on September 29, 2026, and the newest source on this page was retrieved on November 5, 2026.

Regime

Oregon Recycling Modernization Act, ORS 459A.860 to 459A.975 (SB 582 of 2021)

Regulator

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)

Producers obliged

Yes

System

a single producer responsibility organisation

Registration

Required

Fee schedules

2

Who is the producer in Oregon

In Oregon, packaging EPR obliges producers to organise or fund the collection and recycling of the packaging they place on the market. The sections below set out who counts as the producer, which thresholds decide whether a business is in scope, and what has to be filed.

The producer hierarchy decides who answers for a pack when several businesses touch it. For Oregon, the dataset names the following roles for each packaging level.

Transfer detail: Another person registers with a PRO as the responsible producer for the covered product.

Roles matter because an online seller, an importer and a brand owner can each be the producer for the same pack, and a pack is counted once. If you sell into Oregon through a marketplace, check whether the marketplace or you are recorded as the obligated party. Confirm who is responsible for reporting.

Thresholds that apply in Oregon

Thresholds decide whether a business is in scope, whether it pays fees, or whether it can file a simplified report. Oregon publishes 4 verified thresholds.

Basis of the revenue threshold: gross revenue, most recent fiscal year.

Basis of the tonnage threshold: covered products sold in or into Oregon, most recent calendar year.

Basis of the tonnage threshold: covered products, including secondary and tertiary packaging for beverage containers, most recent calendar year.

Basis of the revenue threshold: gross revenue, most recent fiscal year, or under 5 metric tons sold in or into Oregon.

Exemptions in Oregon

An exemption removes or reduces a duty for a defined group. Oregon lists 3 exemptions in the dataset. Some apply automatically; others only apply if you ask the regulator for them, usually within a window.

Application window: Claim window opens in Q1 of each year. The latest window was 6 Jan to 31 Mar 2026 (5 p.m. PT), applied to 2027 fees. The next opens in January 2027.

Registration and the system in Oregon

Registration is where an obligation becomes visible to the regulator. The records below show whether Oregon asks producers to register, with whom, and which organisation or scheme carries the collection and recycling system.

Who registers: The producer, with the PRO, after signing the Producer Participant Agreement and the Oregon addendum

Registry (opens the official registry page).

Deadlines in Oregon

Oregon records 6 deadlines, 5 of them verified. This page gives the summary; every date, the period it covers and what it requires are on the deadlines page for Oregon.

The next dated obligation we hold for Oregon falls on December 31, 2026. 1 more dated obligation follows it.

1 obligation recurs on a fixed day each year rather than on a single date.

See every deadline for Oregon, with its period and what it requires, on the Oregon deadlines page.

A deadline is a date the regulator published, not a date we set. We can estimate what you may owe and prepare the report file; you sign and submit it in the regulator's own portal.

Fees and reporting in Oregon

Oregon publishes 2 fee schedules, for fee years 2026 and 2027. The schedule sets what each kind of packaging costs; the rates themselves are on the fee pages, not here.

The 2026 schedule is based on packaging placed on the market from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

The 2027 schedule is based on packaging placed on the market from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.

• Oregon 2026 fees: rates by material for fee year 2026.
• Oregon 2027 fees: rates by material for fee year 2027.

The report you file is a defined file or form. Oregon records 1 format; we prepare the file to that specification and you upload it yourself.

Oregon producer supply report by material category is a csv file submitted through CAA producer portal. The customer signs in and submits. The customer reviews, signs and submits it.

Columns, material mapping and the checks a file must pass are on the Oregon report format page.

Oregon: packaging fees by material

Instica groups the verified rates of the 2027 Circular Action Alliance (Oregon PRO) schedule for Oregon into 5 material classes. For each class the table gives the lowest and highest published rate in US cents per pound and the unweighted mean in USD per tonne, with a link to the source the rates were read from, retrieved October 22, 2026.

Instica holds 2 schedules for Oregon priced in the same currency, from 2026 to 2027. The table gives the unweighted mean per tonne of each material class in each schedule, and the change from the earliest schedule in which the class appears to the latest.

The same material classes in the 3 jurisdictions that publish a per-weight schedule in USD, Oregon included. For each class the table gives the mean here, the median of the other jurisdictions, the rank of Oregon (1 is the highest) and the jurisdiction with the highest mean.

Labelling, languages, targets and penalties in Oregon

Labelling, language, target and penalty rules are the parts of a regime that are easiest to miss. A report filed in the wrong language or a pack without a required mark can cost as much as a late payment, so read each of these against your own products.

Oregon compared with nearby places

Rules do not stop at a border. A business that sells into Oregon usually sells into its neighbours too, and the thresholds and deadlines differ. The table reads Oregon against the places closest to it that have verified data.

Oregon read against each neighbour

Each paragraph reads Oregon against one place from the table above, using only records verified for both. A part is left out when either side is not yet published.

Oregon and California both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) in Oregon and CalRecycle (Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery), through its PEPRS portal next door. Both run a single producer responsibility organisation. Registration is required in both. The first threshold is $5,000,000.00 of revenue in Oregon against $1,000,000.00 of revenue in California, so a small seller can be in scope next door while below the line here. The earliest recorded deadline is July 1, 2025 in Oregon and January 1, 2027 in California, 549 days earlier here.

Oregon and Washington both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) in Oregon and Washington State Department of Ecology next door. Both run a single producer responsibility organisation. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: $5,000,000.00 of revenue in Oregon and 1 short ton of tonnage in Washington, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline is July 1, 2025 in Oregon and March 1, 2026 in Washington, 243 days earlier here.

Oregon and Colorado both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) in Oregon and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), Solid Waste and Materials Management Program next door. Oregon runs a single producer responsibility organisation, while Colorado runs more than one producer responsibility organisation. Registration is required in both. The first threshold is the same in both, $5,000,000.00 of revenue. The earliest recorded deadline is July 1, 2025 in Oregon and January 1, 2026 in Colorado, 184 days earlier here.

Oregon and Maine both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) in Oregon and Maine Department of Environmental Protection next door. Both run a single producer responsibility organisation. Registration is required in both. The first threshold is $5,000,000.00 of revenue in Oregon against $2,000,000.00 of revenue in Maine, so a small seller can be in scope next door while below the line here. The earliest recorded deadline is July 1, 2025 in Oregon and May 31, 2027 in Maine, 699 days earlier here.

Oregon and Minnesota both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) in Oregon and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency next door. Both run a single producer responsibility organisation. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: $5,000,000.00 of revenue in Oregon and 1 short ton of tonnage in Minnesota, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline is July 1, 2025 in Oregon and May 31, 2026 in Minnesota, 334 days earlier here.

Oregon and Maryland both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) in Oregon and Maryland Department of the Environment next door. Both run a single producer responsibility organisation. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: $5,000,000.00 of revenue in Oregon and 1 short ton of tonnage in Maryland, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline is July 1, 2025 in Oregon and May 31, 2026 in Maryland, 334 days earlier here.

Oregon and United Kingdom both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) in Oregon and Four environmental regulators (Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales, SEPA, NIEA); PackUK is the scheme administrator that sets fees next door. Oregon runs a single producer responsibility organisation, while United Kingdom runs registered schemes that producers join. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: $5,000,000.00 of revenue in Oregon and 25 tonnes of tonnage in United Kingdom, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline is July 1, 2025 in Oregon and October 1, 2026 in United Kingdom, 457 days earlier here.

Oregon and Belgium both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) in Oregon and Interregional Packaging Commission (IVC-CIE, now EPRiBEL) next door. Oregon runs a single producer responsibility organisation, while Belgium runs more than one producer responsibility organisation. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: $5,000,000.00 of revenue in Oregon and 300 tonnes of single-use packaging per year of tonnage in Belgium, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline is July 1, 2025 in Oregon and August 12, 2026 in Belgium, 407 days earlier here.

Where Oregon sits among the places we cover

Counted by verified core records, Oregon holds 13 of 17 and ranks 3 of 53 places in the dataset. The places just ahead of it are United Kingdom Plastic Packaging Tax (14) and United Kingdom (13). The places just behind it are Belgium (12), Ontario (12), Italy (12), California (12), Austria (11) and British Columbia (11).

Counting every verified record, not only the core fields, Oregon holds 25 and ranks 3 of 53. Ahead of it are Ontario (27) and Austria (26). Behind it are United Kingdom (24), United Kingdom Plastic Packaging Tax (24), Belgium (22), Washington (22), Québec (21) and British Columbia (20).

All 7 places in this region in the dataset record an obligation, so Oregon is not an outlier among its neighbours.

Ordered by earliest verified deadline, Oregon comes 5 of 41, on July 1, 2025. Before it come Austria (January 1, 2023, 912 days earlier), Czechia (January 1, 2023, 912 days earlier), Nova Scotia (January 1, 2024, 547 days earlier) and New Brunswick (June 30, 2025, 1 day earlier). After it come Colorado (January 1, 2026, 184 days later), Washington (March 1, 2026, 243 days later), Ontario (May 31, 2026, 334 days later), Québec (May 31, 2026, 334 days later), Maryland (May 31, 2026, 334 days later) and Minnesota (May 31, 2026, 334 days later).

Among places whose first threshold is also counted in revenue, Oregon sits 4 of 4 from the lowest. The table sets it beside the places just below and just above.

What is still open for Oregon

Oregon has 3 of 16 core fields still open, and the reason recorded for each is below.

Treatment of affiliates

Reason recorded: ORS 459A.863(32) does not say whether parent, subsidiary or affiliate revenue aggregates. The rule text (OAR 340-090-0840) was not read.

Labelling

Reason recorded: The DEQ summary of producer obligations lists registration, reporting and fees and no labelling duty. ORS 459A.860 to 459A.975 was not searched line by line for a marking rule, so absence is unconfirmed.

Filing languages

Reason recorded: No page states the filing language of the CAA portal. DEQ publishes a Spanish summary of producer obligations, but filings go to a private PRO. English is recorded as the working assumption.