California accuses ExxonMobil of lying about plastics being recyclable
California accuses ExxonMobil of lying about plastics being recyclable
The state alleges the oil company deceived “the public to convince us that plastic recycling could solve the plastic waste and pollution crisis.”
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The article is a bit shitty. I’m sure exxon-mobile are lying about something and i do not want to defend them. But the article does not spell out what they said on this topic that was actually a lie, and goes on to state how much was actually recycled - plastic recycling is a complex topic, but the fact that not everything that can be recycled is actually recycled is hardly exxon’s fault
This one is a bit better:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-plastics-lawsuit-exxon/
"The attorney general's office pointed to industry documents from the 1970s calling plastics recycling "infeasible" and casting doubt that recycling plastic could ever be economically viable, according to the April announcement."
"Bonta specifically named Exxon's advanced recycling program as being misleading Monday. "92% of plastics in advanced recycling become transportation fuel — only a very small amount is recycled," he said. "Exxon can only recycle about 1% of its own plastic.""