To celebrate these changes, we are dedicating the month of December to a new blog series written by our own consultants and researchers. Through their voices, you'll hear what inspired them most this year, the project and research ideas that sparked their interest and gave them a renewed sense of purpose every day.

But first, I'd like introduce the incredible team behind this work. Lorax now has six dedicated consultants and more than fifteen specialized researchers, working closely with our EPR reporting team. Together, they've guided clients through the evolving regulatory frameworks for packaging, WEEE, batteries, textiles and more, helping them not only achieve compliance but also gain a competitive edge in their specific areas of activity.

Our team is a diverse mix: some come from various industries, others have a consulting background, some first thrived in academia, and some found us straight from university. What unites them is a shared commitment to clarity in a field so complex that even system designers (legislators, policymakers, implementing agencies) sometimes struggle to keep up with all possible scenarios and implications. I am most proud of the fact that our team has mastered the art of distilling dense regulations into actionable insights, so readers can quickly decide whether to act, monitor, or simply park the information for later.

Environmental compliance today faces quite a few major challenges. Recent ones that come to mind are AI-generated content that looks simple but can be dangerously misleading (and convincingly so!), and legislative frameworks that require layers of implementing acts before they're fully operational, which complicates the ability to prepare for compliance. Therefore, the stakes are high. Materials and formats could be banned or restricted from certain markets in a couple short years, costs could increase significantly if design choices aren't made carefully, and so on.

In this series, our consultants and researchers will share their favorite strategies and solutions for navigating this complexity. We hope you enjoy these insights. And if you're new to EPR or product compliance, we invite you to join us for this bite-sized, practical guide to a rapidly changing world…..blah blah Lorax Learn

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