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California is suing three plastic bag manufacturers that officials say are violating state law by providing bags billed as recyclable when they are in fact not, state Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta announced Friday.

The companies named in the lawsuit, Novolex Holdings LLC — one of the largest global food, beverage, and specialty packaging companies — Inteplast Group Corp. and Mettler Packaging LLC, were not able to produce any evidence the plastic bags they sold to California stores were recycled, according to the attorney general’s office.

At a news conference Friday, Bonta also announced a settlement with four plastic bag producers — Revolution, Metro Poly, PreZero and API — who have agree

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