2026-06-23 / 路透社
作者：乔纳森·斯坦普尔
2026年6月23日 1:42 协调世界时 1小时前更新
2024年1月25日，美国加利福尼亚州阿卡迪亚市，工人们在回收中心等候。路透社/马里奥·安祖奥尼
6月23日（路透社）——17个美国州起诉加利福尼亚州，要求废除该州一项旨在限制一次性塑料使用、推动回收利用的新州法。
这些州均由共和党总检察长牵头，周一在加州萨克拉门托联邦法院提交诉状，指控加州试图通过其《塑料污染预防和包装生产者责任法案》，将自身的政策偏好“强加给整个国家”。
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- 该法案由民主党州长加文·纽瑟姆于2022年签署，于5月1日生效。法案要求生产商到2032年将包装和餐饮服务用品的一次性塑料使用量减少25%，并确保所有此类用品均可回收或可堆肥。
- 以内布拉斯加州为首的各州表示，该法案实质性地加重了州际商业负担，违反了美国宪法的商业条款。
- 他们还表示，该法案将推高消费者价格，通胀效应将尤其重创低收入美国人，因为生产商将转嫁转型各类产品和运营模式所需的“极高昂成本”。
- 内布拉斯加州总检察长迈克·希格斯在一份声明中表示：“加州再次试图推行一项对美国其他地区造成负面影响的政策。如果不加制止，消费者将被迫为基本生活必需品支付更高费用。”
- 全国批发商分销商协会也作为原告方参与诉讼。
- 被告包括加州资源回收与回收部门主任佐伊·赫勒，以及负责实施该法案的“循环行动联盟”——这是一家“生产者责任组织”。这家非营利组织称，其同时也是科罗拉多州、马里兰州、明尼苏达州、俄勒冈州和华盛顿州唯一的此类组织。
- 赫勒所在的加州资源回收局（CalRecycle）周二未立即回应置评请求。循环行动联盟也未立即回应类似的置评请求。
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US states sue California over landmark plastics packaging law
2026-06-23 / Reuters
By Jonathan Stempel
June 23, 2026 1:42 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago
Workers wait at a recycling center in Arcadia, California, U.S., January 25, 2024. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
June 23 (Reuters) – California has been sued by 17 U.S. states, which are seeking to undo a new state law designed to limit the use of single-use plastic and promote recycling.
In a complaint filed on Monday in the Sacramento, California federal court, the states, each with a Republican attorney general, accused California of trying to “impose its own policy preferences on the entire nation” with its Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act.
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- The law was signed by Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom in 2022, and took effect on May 1. It requires producers to reduce single-use plastic for packaging and food service items by 25%, and ensure that all such items are recyclable or compostable by 2032.
- States led by Nebraska said the law violates the U.S. Constitution’s Commerce Clause by substantially burdening interstate commerce.
- They also said the law will boost prices for consumers, with inflationary effects hitting lower-income Americans especially hard, as producers pass on the “extremely expensive” costs of transforming a wide range of products and practices.
- “Once again, California is trying to enact a policy that negatively impacts the rest of the country,” Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers said in a statement. “If California goes unchecked, consumers will be forced to pay more for basic necessities.”
- The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors is also a plaintiff.
- Defendants include Zoe Heller, who is director of the California Department of Resources Recycling & Recovery, and the Circular Action Alliance, a “producer responsibility organization” charged with implementing the law. The nonprofit said it is also the only such organization in Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington.
- CalRecycle, as Heller’s office is known, did not immediately respond on Tuesday to a request for comment. The Circular Action Alliance did not immediately respond to a similar request.
Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Andrea Ricci
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