17 States Sue California Over Plastic Recycling Mandate

The law, enacted in 2022, applies to single-use plastic packaging and food service ware.

Plastic grocery bags in the back of a car in La Crescenta, Calif., on Nov. 17, 2010. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

Seventeen states, together with the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, sued California on June 22 over a plastic recycling law that they say unfairly burdens businesses.

At issue is the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act, enacted in 2022.