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California sets nation’s toughest plastics reduction rules

FILE—Plastic bottles of shampoo are displayed at Compton's Market in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, June 17, 2022. California lawmakers approved a measure, on Thursday, June 30, 2022, requiring companies selling plastics used for single-use products like eating utensils, food containers and shampoo bottles to cut down their use of the polluting product by 25% if they want to continue selling in California starting the next decade. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) FILE—Plastic bottles of shampoo are displayed at Compton's Market in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, June 17, 2022. California lawmakers approved a measure, on Thursday, June 30, 2022, requiring companies selling plastics used for single-use products like eating utensils, food containers and shampoo bottles to cut down their use of the polluting product by 25% if they want to continue selling in California starting the next decade. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) California state Sen. Ben Allen, D-Santa Monica, left, is congratulated by Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, after his measure aimed at reducing plastic packaging passed the state Senate at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, June 30, 2022. It says makers of single-use plastic products must reduce the use of the material 25% by 2032.The bill now goes to Gov. Gavin Newsom. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) FILE—Plastic bottles of dish washing liquid are displayed at Compton's Market in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, June 17, 2022. California lawmakers approved a measure, on Thursday, June 30, 2022, requiring companies selling plastics used for single-use products like eating utensils, food containers and shampoo bottles to cut down their use of the polluting product by 25% if they want to continue selling in California starting the next decade. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
California sets nation’s toughest plastics reduction rules