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.



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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…

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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.

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

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

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

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

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Plastic industry deceived the public about recycling, report reveals

‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals by 0Ring-0 The post ‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals appeared first on EUROPE SAYS.

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

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.
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The Fraud of Plastic Recycling: How Big Oil and the plastics industry deceived the public for decades and caused the plas…

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

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…

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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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Plastics Cannot Be Recycled and Producers Know This, Report Claims

(TNS) — A new report has published research regarding the efficacy of plastic waste management.

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A new report uncovers decades of misleading claims by plastic producers about the viability of recycling, revealing it as a flawed solution for waste management.Dharna Noor reports for The Guardian.In short: The Center for Climate Integrity's report uncovers that the plastics industry has promoted r...

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

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