Paper products exempted from the extended producer responsibility program managing solid waste.

HF 1371 exempts specific paper products from Minnesota's extended producer responsibility (EPR) program for solid waste management. It adds two new categories to the list of exempt materials: packaging for newspapers (including supplements) and packaging for magazines with circulation under 95,000 that focus on news and current events. This means publishers of these paper products will no longer be subject to the EPR program's requirements, such as funding waste management or meeting recycling targets. The bill directly affects newspaper and small-circulation magazine publishers in Minnesota.