Join us for an in-depth webinar on California’s groundbreaking Textile Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) law, SB 707, and what it means for stakeholders across the healthcare textile sector. As companies prepare for the July 1, 2026 deadline for textile producers to join the Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO), this session will provide attendees with working knowledge of the bill and how it will impact manufacturers, importers, healthcare facilities, and commercial laundries, including a discussion on eco-modulated fees and opportunities for engagement across the value chain.  The webinar will also highlight how the healthcare linen and laundry industry is uniquely positioned to lead in compliance and sustainability. Participants will gain insight into how SB 707 creates new opportunities for the healthcare linen market to demonstrate leadership in environmental stewardship, circularity, and waste reduction while strengthening their value proposition with hospitals and care providers.

Host Alexis Miller Lettis is a native Californian and a member of the fourth generation of leadership at Regent Apparel, an ARTA member and manufacturer of healthcare, food & beverage, and industrial uniforms. Prior to her current role at Regent, Alexis served as Senior Corporate Counsel at Recology, a west-coast regional waste management company, where she engaged with regulatory agencies regarding implementation of California’s packaging EPR (SB 54). Alexis has also been active in the Statewide Textile Recovery Advisory Committee since 2021, a working group made up of various brands, municipalities, recyclers, and educators, that collaborate on how EPR can successfully support a robust, circular economy. Alexis is excited to bring her unique combination of legal experience and lifelong working knowledge of the uniform and linen markets to the ARTA audience.   

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Erika Kimball is a nurse and sustainable healthcare leader, and the CEO of Kimball Sustainable Healthcare, a consultancy that creates sustainability strategies, programs, metrics, and communications for hospitals and healthcare companies. A collaborative change agent, Erika brings people together to create solutions that improve environmental outcomes while supporting healthcare quality and value.

Erika knows that healthcare’s outsized waste footprint is a solvable problem, and she is an expert in zero waste and the circular economy for healthcare. She began her sustainability journey as a staff nurse leading volunteer waste reduction projects in clinical units. Since then, Erika has developed industry best practices for clinical recycling with the Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council, led the Zero Waste strategy and operational design for a flagship health system, convenes a Zero Waste work group for hospitals in San Francisco, and serves on the TRUE Zero Waste Technical Advisory Council.

A leader in the emerging field of sustainable clinical practice, Erika leads and advises clinical sustainability fellowships, research programs, and academic courses that are defining the field. Erika holds a BSN from the University of South Florida College of Nursing and an MBA in Sustainable Management from Presidio Graduate School. She is a Fellow in Nursing Economics with the Commission for Nurse Reimbursement, where she is researching the economic case for nursing leadership and innovation in sustainable healthcare. Erika lives in San Francisco with her partner and her dog.