Frictionite Insights

Practical thinking about the data behind EPR.

EPR isn’t getting simpler. The work shouldn’t be this hard.

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Foundational guidance · September 2026

Packaging data foundations · 3 min read

Why EPR becomes a packaging data problem before reporting begins

The reporting deadline is visible. The harder problem is usually the fragmented packaging information that must be reconstructed before reporting can be completed.

Why EPR becomes a packaging data problem

Process and control · 4 min read

Last year’s EPR spreadsheet got the report out. That doesn’t make it a packaging data system.

A spreadsheet can be useful and still leave the next reporting cycle dependent on copied values, unexplained assumptions, and someone’s memory.

Test whether your spreadsheet is a durable foundation

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Current developments and practical guidance

EPR developments · September 2026 · 3 min read

A major EPR challenge failed. The data problem didn't.

Oregon's packaging EPR law survived a major constitutional challenge. The ruling does not remove uncertainty, but it makes waiting on packaging data harder to justify.

What the Oregon ruling means for packaging data

What Frictionite Insights will cover

Packaging data foundations

What producers need beneath individual reports and portals.

Incomplete information

How to make gaps, assumptions, and evidence visible.

Maintaining the work

How packaging information stays useful as products and requirements change.