Seventeen states, together with the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, sued California on June 22 over a plastic recycling law that they say unfairly burdens businesses. At issue is the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act, enacted in 2022. “Virtually every product packaged or shipped in plastic containers, as well as a significant number of other types of packaging materials that merely incorporate plastics, fall into the Act’s remarkable sweep,” according to the lawsuit filed at the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. If the Act comes into effect, the plaintiff states’ citizens and affected resident businesses will be subjected to “hardships and damage,” the complaint said....