"THE Fraud of Plastic Recycling: How Big Oil and the Plastics Industry Deceived the Public for Decades and Caused the Plastic Waste Crisis" is a report that details how the oil and plastics industries in the US deliberately fooled the US public about the viability of plastic recycling. The industry not only misled municipal and state agencies to believe that plastic recycling was a viable solution to plastic waste but also discouraged them from pursuing other, more sustainable waste management strategies (e.g., waste reduction, reuse, bans, alternative materials) in favor of plastic recycling." Some group members filed complaints against seven big consumer goods corporations over false plastic packaging recycling claims. PHOTO/YOUNG BEAN FACEBOOK PAGE (FEB. 11, 2024)The report chronicles how the oil and plastic industries over the years have responded to public concern about plastic waste. We can go on ad nauseam with coastal cleanups, plastic waste for food or cash swap programs, turn plastic waste into school furniture or "bricks," and so on, and it won't make a dent in the volumes of plastic waste: more plastics are manufactured and turns waste than we can collect in cleanup drives or "recycle" campaigns.

Source: Manila Times February 26, 2024 04:56 UTC