California Exposes Plastic Bag Makers’ False Recycling Claims in Bold Legal Action

California has once again taken a stand against corporate deception and environmental negligence by filing lawsuits against three major plastic bag manufacturers—Novolex Holdings, Inteplast Group, and Mettler Packaging—for falsely labeling their products as recyclable. This move highlights a critical failure in industry honesty that undermines environmental progress and wastes taxpayer resources.Back in 2014, California enacted legislation banning plastic bags that were not truly recyclable, requiring shoppers to pay a fee for thicker bags that claimed to be reusable and recyclable. Yet these companies chose profit over principle, labeling bags as recyclable even though local recycling systems cannot process them. Instead...