Plastic producers have known for more than 30 years that recycling is not an economically or technically feasible plastic waste management solution. That has not stopped them from promoting it, according to a new report.

“The companies lied,” said Richard Wiles, president of fossil-fuel accountability advocacy group the Center for Climate Integrity (CCI), which published the report. “It’s time to hold them accountable for the damage they’ve caused.”

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    9 months ago

    Well, as a american- everywhere I’ve ever worked has had a recycling bin but it’s always treated as another trash can. Just something that depresses the absolute fuck out of me.

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      9 months ago

      The whole point of the article is that, in general, it WAS just another trash can.

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    9 months ago

    Why couldn’t we switch back to glass as our primary container material? Wasn’t that always fully recyclable?