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The Question Still Stands: Can Plastics Companies Really Claim Recycling Success?

There is a great deal of confusion related to plastics recycling success. Industry must claim responsibility for much of this confusion. California is moving on this by suing Exxon for false advertising. That is, that they claim more recycling success than really exists.

plastic bottles in a recycling container

It is important to remember that the most basic of the plastics, PET bottles and HDPE and PE bottles are easily recyclable. The real problem is the massive number of plastics that are being made for virtually every use. This causes confusion.

The plastics industry muddies the waters by saying to recycle everything…but at the same time pushing to use more virgin stock because they say it is cheaper…

Let’s see what happens with this suit.

Read The Full Article Here:
Is plastic recycling beyond fixing? Here’s why California thinks so.

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