The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors continues to advance a multistate legal offensive against extended producer responsibility programs, as a thicket of packaging policy lawsuits grows more complex and connected.
NAW recently launched a challenge in Colorado. And on Thursday, NAW announced it’s seeking a preliminary injunction to block enforcement of California EPR and source reduction law SB 54 as part of a lawsuit led by 17 Republican state attorneys general, a case that remains sealed.
Those actions follow a successful bid for a preliminary injunction in Oregon, part of NAW’s original state EPR lawsuit that went to trial in late July and now awaits ruling from a judge.
California EPR lawsuit escalates as forthcoming Oregon ruling looms | Packaging Dive
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