Leticia Duarte

Mar 4, 2025 | mondaq.com | Leticia Duarte |Lauren Lankenau |Sharon Mathew

BD Beveridge & Diamond More Beveridge & Diamond’s more than 125 lawyers across the U.S. offer decades and depth of experience advising numerous industry sectors on environmental law and its changing applicability to complex businesses worldwide. Our core capabilities encompass facilities and products; U.S. and international matters; regulatory strategy, compliance, and enforcement; litigation; and transactions. What is happening?

Feb 28, 2025 | jdsupra.com | Leticia Duarte |Lauren Lankenau |Sharon Mathew

What is happening? Packaging waste has received heavy attention from lawmakers in recent years. A growing number of states are adhering to Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and Recycled Content policies for plastics and packaging materials. Seven states already have active EPR programs for packaging, and others are taking steps toward implementation. Recycled content laws are also gaining traction in several states as legislators make efforts to reduce packaging waste.

Feb 27, 2025 | lexology.com | Allyn Stern |Leticia Duarte |Lauren Lankenau |Sharon Mathew

Key Takeaways What is happening? Packaging waste has received heavy attention from lawmakers in recent years. A growing number of states are adhering to Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and Recycled Content policies for plastics and packaging materials. Seven states already have active EPR programs for packaging, and others are taking steps toward implementation. Recycled content laws are also gaining traction in several states as legislators make efforts to reduce packaging waste.

Jan 17, 2025 | jdsupra.com | James M. Auslander |Leticia Duarte |Jacob Duginski

As California remains at the forefront of environmental progress and regulation, 2025 will usher in pivotal developments in state-level policies addressing product stewardship, contaminants of concern, climate change, mobile and stationary sources, worker safety, and water rights, among others. Beveridge & Diamond closely tracks developments, upcoming deadlines, and business implications for companies with operations in California.

Jun 14, 2024 | thegroundtruthproject.org | Wilson Liévano |Leticia Duarte

In 1999 Inácio França, then a reporter in Recife, traveled through the Northeast of Brazil documenting the advance of desertification in the region. The series of stories he wrote served as a curtain raiser for the United Nations’ Conference of the Parties (COP,) a forum where experts discussed the dangers of desertification and called upon governments to take action. The conference was held in Recife because the region registered alarming signs of land degradation.