AG Paxton Joins Legal Challenge to California Plastics Act

[Elderberry]

Texas  Scorecard by Mary Berg 6/25/2026

A coalition of 17 states says the law would raise prices and burden interstate commerce.

Attorney General Ken Paxton is challenging California’s Plastics Act, arguing it imposes burdensome regulations on companies doing business with California and will increase the cost of everyday American products.

The lawsuit, which Paxton joined alongside the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors and 16 additional attorneys general, calls the California law a “blatant and unprecedented attempt to impose its own policy preferences on the entire nation” and argues that it infringes on the sovereignty of other states.

Implemented May 1, “the Plastics Act” places new requirements on goods containing plastic shipped into and out of California, affecting both producers and consumers nationwide.

The act forces companies that sell products in the state to reduce single‑use plastic packaging, make it recyclable or compostable, and help pay for recycling and cleanup. It does this through strict reduction and recycling targets by 2032 and an extended producer responsibility program that shifts costs from taxpayers to packaging producers.

More: https://texasscorecard.com/federal/ag-paxton-joins-legal-challenge-to-california-plastics-act/

[Fishrrman]

The solution (for businesses that are located OUT of California) is simple:
STOP doing business IN California.

Yes, it's lost revenue.
But "the cost of compliance" may offset any profits you might make there under these new rules -- or at least put a big dent into them.

[Free Vulcan]

Good. New York pulls that crap too, tries to be the FedGov by forcing businesses to comply with it's unrealistic standards just to do business there. Business then either has to forgo revenue or pay the price of having to apply it everywhere and avoid duplications of their manufacturing process.