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California’s sweeping new plastic recycling rules spark fights from all sides
CALIFORNIA JUST GAVE plastic producers until 2032 to make all their packaging recyclable or compostable — the most ambitious deadline in the country. Advocates say it doesn’t go far enough. Producers say it goes too far. At least one of them is threatening to sue. The sweeping regulations, finalized at the start of the month, […] The post California’s sweeping new plastic recycling rules spark fights from all sides appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, California’s sweeping new plastic recycling rules spark fights from all sides, CALIFORNIA JUST GAVE plastic producers until 2032 to make all their packaging recyclable or compostable — the most ambitious deadline in the country. Advocates say it doesn’t go far enough. Producers say it goes too far. At least one of them is threatening to sue. The sweeping regulations, finalized at the start of the month, […] The post California’s sweeping new plastic recycling rules spark fights from all sides appeared first on Local News Matters .
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