SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Companies that want to sell shampoo bottles, food products and other items wrapped in plastic in California will have to cut down their use of the material. That’s under a bill signed Thursday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that sets the nation’s most stringent plastics reduction rules. It would require producers to use 25% less plastic for single-use products 2032. That could be met through using less material, switching to another type of packaging or making the products refillable or reusable. It was negotiated by lawmakers, environmental and business groups. Backers of a similar ballot measure have removed their initiative from the November ballot.
California sets nation’s toughest plastics reduction rules
