Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined a multistate coalition and a national trade group in a lawsuit challenging a California packaging law, arguing the measure imposes costly regulations that reach beyond the state’s borders.
Plastics Act Challenged
The coalition is targeting California’s Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act, known as the Plastics Act, which imposes extensive requirements on manufacturers, distributors, and companies that package or ship products using plastic containers or other packaging materials that contain plastic.
Paxton’s office said the requirements are expected to raise prices on everyday goods. “I am challenging California’s Plastics Act to protect businesses from unnecessary regulations and Texans from higher costs on the products they use every day,” Paxton said.
Eric Hoplin, president and CEO of the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, said the law overreaches. “California is not entitled to pronounce nationwide policies,” Hoplin said.
The lawsuit also raises concerns about the Act’s delegation of regulatory and enforcement authority to the Circular Action Alliance, which the announcement describes as an “unelected, privately controlled organization operating with minimal state oversight.”
Original reporting: The Dallas Express — read the source article.
