Size matters: Why California's new plastics rules could affect the rest of us

Regulations force manufacturers to pay for recycling infrastructure.

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(A native of England, veteran journalist Matthew Diebel has worked at NBC News, Time, USA Today and News Corp., among other organizations. Having spent much of his childhood next to one of the world's fastest bodi…