Plastics recycling is public deception New report reveals [Video]

Despite the well-established understanding that recycling plastic is neither technically nor economically feasible, petrochemical companies, individually and through their industry trade associations and front groups, have undertaken deceptive marketing and public education efforts.

According to a recent report, these campaigns are designed to misguide the public regarding the effectiveness of plastic recycling as a solution to plastic waste.

“Petrochemical companies and the plastics industry should be held liable for their coordinated campaign of deception and the resulting harms that communities are now facing. True accountability will put an end to the industry’s fraud of plastic recycling and open the door to real solutions to the plastic waste crisis that is currently out of reach,” the report said.

The document titled “The Fraud of Plastic Recycling,” issued by the Center for Climate Integrity, asserts that these endeavours to deceive the public have played a crucial role in safeguarding and enlarging plastic markets. Simultaneously, they have impeded legislative or …