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Oregon packaging EPR: what Shopify brands need to know
Oregon packaging EPR for online brands: who counts as a producer, the small producer exemption window, and reporting through Circular Action Alliance.
Short answer: Oregon was the first state to collect packaging EPR reports and fees. Brands that supply packaging into Oregon, including by shipping online orders there, report through Circular Action Alliance (CAA), the state's only approved producer responsibility organization. Small producers can be exempt, but they claim the exemption in a yearly window.
Who has to report
Producers of packaging supplied into Oregon, which for most Shopify brands means the brand owner for product packaging and whoever packs the order for shipping packaging. The small producer line, as we read it, is global gross revenue under $5 million or under 1 metric ton (about 2,205 lb) of packaging supplied into Oregon.
The exemption claim window
Oregon takes small producer exemption claims during a set window each year. For the 2027 fee year it ran from January 6 to March 31, 2026. If you might qualify, plan to claim in the window early each year rather than assuming you're exempt.
How reporting works
- Sign up with CAA. To reach CAA's reporting portal, producers sign CAA's Producer Participant Agreement and its Oregon-specific addendum.
- Report your supply data. The first reports covered 2024 data and were due March 31, 2025. Reports on 2025 data were due May 31, 2026, and the next cycle is expected on the same date in 2027.
- Pay fees. Fees are based on the reported weight of each material. Oregon also offers a flat fee option for low volumes.
What to have ready
- A year of fulfilled orders with ship-to state, to count units shipped into Oregon.
- Every packaging component with its material and weight. See how to calculate packaging by state.
- Your global revenue for the threshold test.
Our reading of Oregon DEQ's published guidance as of October 2026, for orientation only and not legal advice.