Recycled content requirements
As companies set their own recycled-content goals, four states have also passed requirements for recycled content, two of which will affect the beauty industry.
Felton said the recycled content requirements in Washington and New Jersey are likely to ask beauty brands to comply with the new guidelines.
The law in Washington already specifically lists personal care as an industry that will be required to meet the recycled content requirement and Felton said there is reason to believe the New Jersey law will include beauty during the rule-making process.
Neither of those regulations have been fully implemented yet, and Felton said there still may be an opportunity for the cosmetics industry to engage in the rule-making process.