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California's Plastics Act
Coverage of California's Plastics Act in the Nexus archive.
- Louisiana joins Republican AGs to sue California over single-use plastics law
Seventeen Republican attorneys general, including Louisiana's, sued California over its Plastics Act, which requires reducing single-use plastics by 25% and ensuring all packaging is recyclable or compostable by 2032. The lawsuit claims the law will raise consumer costs and violates the Commerce Clause by interfering with interstate commerce.