{"id":374483,"date":"2026-06-25T14:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/374483\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T14:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:47:08","slug":"multiple-states-sue-california-over-single-use-plastics-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/374483\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple states sue California over single-use plastics law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 Attorneys general from 17 states filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/news\/americas-news-now\/california-bill-includes-steep-fees-for-records-requests-lawsuits-over-malicious-intent-state-assembly-senate-first-amendment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">lawsuit against California<\/a> over its single-use plastic law, which went into effect last month.<\/p>\n<p>California is also being sued by environmental groups, whom argue that the regulations will result in loopholes that the law can be gutted, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/environment\/story\/2026-06-23\/battle-over-single-use-plastics-erupts-as-17-states-move-to-block-california-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to the LA Times.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit is led by Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers, and it seeks to block the law being enforced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce again, California is trying to enact a policy that negatively impacts the rest of the country,\u201d said Hilgers in a news release. \u201cIf California goes unchecked, consumers will be forced to pay more for basic necessities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court of Eastern California <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/news\/americas-news-now\/los-angeles-school-district-superintendent-resigns-amid-fbi-investigation-board-of-education-lausd-alberto-carvalho-raid-doj#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in Sacramento.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>It mandates packaging and plastic companies use less single-use plastic and that all packaging has to be recyclable by 2032.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Some environmental groups aren&#8217;t happy with the law, alleging that it contains exclusions for large categories of plastic packaging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 Attorneys general from 17 states filed a lawsuit against California over its single-use plastic law,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-374483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}