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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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The 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

3 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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The 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…

3 months ago·Washington, United States

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npr

Reduce, reuse, redirect outrage: How plastic makers used recycling as a fig leaf

Recycling "does not solve the solid waste problem," the head of a plastics trade group said in 1989, around the time the industry was launching its recycling campaign.

3 months ago·Washington, United States

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Penn Live

‘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.

3 months ago·Harrisburg, United States

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Euronews

Plastic industry deceived the public about recycling, report reveals

Plastic producers should ‘pay for the damage they’ve caused’ after decades of deception, the report's authors say.

3 months ago·France

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Common Dreams

New Report Makes the Case for Legal Action Over the Fraud of Plastic Recycling

Big Oil and the plastics industry have created and perpetuated a decades-long campaign of fraud and deception about the recyclability of plastics that has directly fueled the plastic waste crisis, according to a new report from the Center for Climate Integrity that features never-before-published internal industry sources. “ The Fraud of Plastic Recycling: How Big Oil and the plastics industry deceived the public for decades and caused the plas…

3 months ago·United States

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