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Hardly any plastics can be truly recycled, and producers have known for decades: Report

  • A new report reveals that big oil companies and the plastics industry have known for decades that recycling is not a viable solution to plastic waste management.
  • The plastics industry misled the public about recycling, promoting it as a solution despite knowing it was not workable.
  • The report exposes fraudulent marketing campaigns that allowed the single-use plastics industry to expand while avoiding waste and pollution regulation.
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Reduce, reuse, redirect outrage: How plastic makers used recycling as a fig leaf

The plastics industry has worked for decades to convince people and policymakers that recycling would keep waste out of landfills and the environment. Consumers sort their trash so plastic packaging can be repurposed, and local governments use taxpayer money to gather and process the material. Yet from the early days of recycling, plastic makers, including oil and gas companies, knew that it wasn't a viable solution to deal with increasing amoun…

·Portland, United States
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Sputnik Globe [🇷🇺-affiliated]Sputnik Globe [🇷🇺-affiliated]

Plastics Cannot Be Recycled and Producers Know This, Report Claims

According to a report by the CCI, despite their knowledge that recycling plastics is not technically practical, petrochemical companies have continued to push “fraudulent” marketing campaigns to convince consumers otherwise.

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The HillThe Hill

Hardly any plastics can be truly recycled, and producers have known for decades: Report

Plastics producers have promoted recycling their products as an environmental solution for decades despite firsthand knowledge that it was not feasible, according to a report published Thursday. More than 99 percent of plastics are produced using fossil fuels, and of these, the vast majority cannot be “recycled” in the sense of being processed and turned into entirely…

·Washington, United States
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The Bradford EraThe Bradford Era

‘Fraud and deception’: Plastic companies ‘lied’ about recycling, report finds

A new report has claimed that oil and plastic companies have been pushing deceptive narratives around recycling plastic for years.

·Harrisburg, United States
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Report: Plastics, Oil Industry Deceived Public on Recycling Use for More Than 50 Years

An explosive new report finds that the plastics industry has misled the public for decades about the viability of recycling plastic, promoting reuse despite the fact that mechanical recycling was not feasible – perpetuating the plastic waste crisis the world faces today. “The plastics industry has ‘sold’ plastic recycling to the American public to sell plastic,” according to the report by the Center for Climate Integrity (CCI), a nonprofit organ…

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The GuardianThe Guardian

‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals

Companies knew for decades recycling was not viable but promoted it regardless, Center for Climate Integrity study finds

·London, United Kingdom
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