Companies knew for decades recycling was not viable but promoted it regardless, Center for Climate Integrity study finds

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.”

  • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
    30·
    10 months ago

    Haven’t we always known this? I remember some CBC News station out trackers on recycling and they watched pretty well all of it wind up in land fills and China.

    • nutsack@lemmy.worldEnglish
      233·
      10 months ago

      a lot of people still don’t know this.

      i live in a small country in Asia and they love garbage here. you get a plastic cup and a plastic bag that has another plastic bag with a plastic ring so you can put it on your bike, and then you throw it in the street when you’re done. they have sex with garbage. they eat garbage and then they puke the garbage up and then they eat it again and then they fuck it. they put garbage directly into the sewer drains. it’s not just something that dick head kids are doing, it’s something that everyone is doing because it’s normal. they have no idea.