C1322 字2:07新闻报道美国腔发布于 2026年6月26日 · 更新于 2026年7月10日

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A pioneering California law mandating the phase-out of single-use plastic packaging has provoked fierce policy opposition from both the chemicals industry and environmental advocacy groups.

一项具有开创性的加利福尼亚州法律规定逐步淘汰一次性塑料包装，这引发了来自化学工业和环保倡导团体的强烈政策反对。

The anti-plastics legislation, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2022 but only enacted in May, requires packaging manufacturers to reduce disposable plastic and ensure all packaging becomes recyclable or compostable by 2032.

这项由州长加文·纽森于 2022 年签署、但直到五月才正式生效的反塑料立法，要求包装制造商减少一次性塑料的使用，并确保所有包装在 2032 年前达到可回收或可堆肥的标准。

Crucially, producers must also contribute five billion dollars toward remedying the ecological damage caused by plastic pollution.

至关重要的是，生产者还必须出资五十亿美元，用于补救由塑料污染所造成的生态破坏。

The underlying rationale behind the environmental regulation is to incentivize manufacturers to account for the entire lifecycle of their products.

这项环境法规背后的根本逻辑，是激励制造商对其产品的整个生命周期负责。

Were companies compelled to bear the true cost of plastic disposal, proponents argue, they would inevitably design more sustainable containers and wrappings.

支持者认为，如果企业被迫承担塑料处理的真实成本，他们将不可避免地设计出更具可持续性的容器和包装。

Nevertheless, the science of plastic recycling remains discouraging, with only five to six percent of all plastic ever being successfully recycled.

然而，塑料回收的科学现状依然令人沮丧，所有塑料中仅有百分之五到六曾被成功回收。

Despite industry claims touting breakthrough technologies, experts have cautioned that this figure is unlikely to improve significantly, given that producing virgin plastic remains far cheaper than recycling existing materials.

尽管业界声称吹捧突破性技术，专家仍警告，鉴于生产原生塑料的成本仍远低于回收现有材料，这一数字不太可能显著改善。

Complicating matters further, a coalition of seventeen states filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to block the legislation.

使事态进一步复杂化的是，十七个州组成的联盟于周一提起诉讼，试图阻止该项立法。

Industry groups have argued that the law imposes an undue burden on manufacturers headquartered outside California who must nonetheless achieve industry compliance to access the state's vast consumer market.

行业团体辩称，该法律给总部设在加利福尼亚州以外的制造商带来了不必要的负担，而这些制造商若要进入该州广阔的消费市场，则仍必须达到行业合规要求。

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The global recycling landscape has also shifted dramatically since China and other nations drastically curtailed their purchases of American plastic waste, leaving domestic markets oversaturated and undermining the economic viability of recycling programs.

自从中国和其他国家大幅减少购买美国的塑料废料以来，全球回收格局也发生了剧烈变化，导致国内市场过度饱和，并削弱了回收计划的经济可行性。

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Meanwhile, environmental organizations have expressed frustration from the opposite end of the spectrum, contending that the legislation is too timid to address the plastic crisis adequately.

与此同时，环保组织则从对立的立场表达了挫折感，认为该法案过于温和，不足以妥善解决塑料危机。

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Not only does the law face legal challenges from conservative states, but it must also withstand criticism from the very groups it was ostensibly designed to appease.

这项法律不仅面临来自保守派州份的法律挑战，还必须承受来自那些其表面上旨在安抚的群体的批评。

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Whether this landmark measure will survive its mounting legal and political obstacles remains an open question with far-reaching implications for environmental policy nationwide.

这项具有里程碑意义的法案是否能克服其日益增加的法律和政治障碍，仍是一个悬而未决的问题，并对全国的环境政策产生深远的影响。

California’s landmark anti-plastics law sparks anger as 17 states move to sue加州具有里程碑意义的限塑法引发愤怒，17个州准备起诉

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