#ExxonMobil Accused of “Deceptively” Promoting Chemical #Recycling as a Solution for the #Plastics Crisis
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The #California attorney general’s lawsuit, which cites ProPublica reporting, alleges that products made with Exxon’s process contain only a small fraction of the recycled #plastic that they claim to have.
https://www.propublica.org/article/exxonmobil-plastics-recycling-pyrolysis-lawsuit-california
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In June, we examined #ExxonMobil’s claim that it had transformed discarded #plastic into new fruit cups through an “advanced” chemical #recycling technology. We broke down the math to show just how little recycled content winds up in products made this way.
This fruit cup example was also cited by the lawsuit.
https://propub.li/4eYp8RR
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I had to stop reading this article part of the way through because a huge image overlaid the text and prevented me from even seeing the text. Such “modern” Web design is not conducive to transmitting information.