WASHINGTON (TNND) — Attorneys general from 17 states filed a lawsuit against California over its single-use plastic law, which went into effect last month.
California is also being sued by environmental groups, whom argue that the regulations will result in loopholes that the law can be gutted, according to the LA Times.
The lawsuit is led by Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers, and it seeks to block the law being enforced.
“Once again, California is trying to enact a policy that negatively impacts the rest of the country,” said Hilgers in a news release. “If California goes unchecked, consumers will be forced to pay more for basic necessities.”
The other states involved in the lawsuit are West Virginia, Alabama, Idaho, Georgia, Texas, South Dakota, North Dakota, Louisiana, Missouri, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma and South Carolina.
The lawsuit was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court of Eastern California in Sacramento.
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act in 2022.
It mandates packaging and plastic companies use less single-use plastic and that all packaging has to be recyclable by 2032.
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Some environmental groups aren’t happy with the law, alleging that it contains exclusions for large categories of plastic packaging.