Where Circular Economy and Policy Converge
Helping policymakers, NGOs, and industry leaders navigate circular packaging policy.
A leading neutral convening platform for circularity
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Circle helps leaders turn complexity into clarity
The Circular Policy Leadership Network (Circle) was built to help policymakers and industry leaders make sense of circular packaging policy and recycling infrastructure.
As Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policies accelerate across U.S. jurisdictions, Circle provides a nonpartisan educational and information‑sharing platform for legislators, industry, and NGOs to stay informed about circular economy policy developments, without advocating for specific legislation or strategies.
Track policy momentum across jurisdictions
Access implementation data from the field
Understand your EPR readiness
Bringing the entire circularity ecosystem to the table
Legislators & PRO
Understand implementation approaches across states, explore program design options, and hear a range of perspectives on producer readiness and challenges in an educational setting.
Consultancies
Bring technical expertise, support cross-functional execution, and stay ahead of evolving regulatory and market expectations.
Obligated Producers
Exchange non‑competitive implementation lessons and best practices with peers navigating similar reporting and compliance requirements
Policy Experts & Research Leaders
Move your policy forward faster with frameworks tested across jurisdictions and peers who've been there.
An expanding network
Since 2021, CIRCLE has convened cross-sector leaders through virtual gatherings and six immersive expeditions across the U.S., Canada, and Europe—bringing together policymakers, NGOS, industry leaders, and the authors and sponsors of all seven U.S. EPR for packaging laws, along with policymakers from the next wave of states advancing legislation.
Cross-sector organizations engaged
Legislators and policy advisors connected
States with enacted EPR legislation
States exploring circular policies
The Legislator Guide for Circular Policy
The Legislator Guide for Circular Policy is a centralized, non-partisan resource created in direct response to legislators’ call for clear, accessible visibility into stakeholder perspectives. Developed via Circle by OPLN, the Guide brings together concise policy reflections, informational 101-level materials, and comparative insights from across the packaging value chain.
State Level Submissions
Submissions from the first seven U.S. states with enacted EPR for packaging laws.
Sector-specific Submissions
One-page summaries with three key recommendations with accompanying links, reports, and statements.
EPR Readiness Circle
The EPR Readiness Circle is the only structured, cross-industry forum where the teams responsible for making EPR operational — across legal, finance, packaging, R&D, procurement, and sustainability — come together with the leading consultancies to solve real implementation problems, share what’s working, and move faster.
EPR Policy Circle
The EPR Policy Circle is a neutral, cross-sector forum connecting legislators, regulators, brands, NGOs, and the full packaging value chain. Through structured dialogue and shared experiential learning, participants bridge the gap between circular policy development and real-world implementation.
Summits & Expeditions
See circularity in action. Multi-day trips bring U.S. legislators and cross-sector leaders across North America and Europe to tour facilities and meet regulators.
Upcoming Events
Meet the people driving circular economy across North America
Expeditions in action
See the network at work across continents
Intelligence for circular economy leaders
Access real-time data, connect with peers, and move policy forward together