With California’s Individual Source Reduction Plan deadline of August 1, 2026 fast approaching, brands selling packaged products in California are under pressure to model, document, and submit defensible plans across five approved source reduction pathways: Material Switching, Lightweighting, PCR Content, Elimination, and Reuse\/Refill. Without the right tools, modeling source reduction scenarios is a few months-long process \u2014 and plans built on incomplete data are the ones regulators push back on. <\/p>\n The Packaging Simulator changes that. Brands can submit their 2023 baseline data, enter the packaging changes they’re considering, and instantly project the impact on EPR fees, CA recyclability, material footprint, PCR weight, and plastic components, all in one platform. For existing rePurpose Compliance customers, the baseline data is already on file. <\/p>\n “Tools like the Packaging Simulator are critical because they give brands a clear view of compliance impact before decisions are locked in. But data alone doesn’t change packaging systems. What matters is how quickly that insight can move into real redesign\u2014materials, structures, and manufacturing. When that connection is tight, compliance becomes an opportunity, not just a cost,” says Leo Chao, Creative Director, Zenpack<\/a>, a packaging design partner of rePurpose Global. <\/p>\n Early users have noted the Simulator’s value beyond EPR fee modeling, particularly its potential for multi-year fee forecasting tied to implementation timelines, giving sustainability teams the business case data they need internally. “It’s a holistic lens,” noted one Senior Sustainability Analyst. “If we could forecast five years in packaging fees aligned to implementation timelines, that’s a business case I could take internally.” <\/p>\n Manika Doshi, CEO of rePurpose Global, puts it plainly: “California’s SB 54 is the most significant packaging regulation the U.S. consumer industry has faced this century, and most brands are still trying to navigate it with tools that weren’t built for it. The Packaging Simulator changes that. For the first time, brands can see the real impact, risk, and ROI of their packaging decisions before they make them \u2014 across every pathway, every SKU, and every deadline on the horizon. This isn’t just about August 1. Source reduction reports will be an annual requirement through 2032, in order to measure year-over-year progress, and we built this tool to grow with that reality.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New tool gives consumer brands instant impact modeling ahead of the August 1 plan submission deadline\u00a0 NEW YORK,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[151721,7,9,8,151718,151720,151719,151717],"class_list":["post-374435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-baseline-data","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-packaging-design","tag-repurpose","tag-simulator","tag-source-reduction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a> rePurpose Global is the world’s leading Packaging Compliance and Sustainability Platform, helping consumer companies streamline EPR compliance and make credible sustainability claims. <\/p>\n