Big Oil's Big Deception: That Plastics Are Recyclable

09 Mar 2024 | Abstracted from The Hill

"For more than 40 years, they knew that plastic recycling is not technically or economically feasible at scale...Twenty petrochemical companies generate more than half of all the world's single-use plastics. They include major oil and gas companies such as ExxonMobil, the world's leading producer of single-use plastic

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