Plastic Pollution

[ysabetwordsmith]

California just sued ExxonMobil for its alleged role in deceiving the public about the plastic pollution crisis

In a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, California alleges ExxonMobil deceived the public into thinking “that plastic recycling could solve the plastic waste and pollution crisis when they clearly knew this wasn’t possible.”

Comments

[amphobet]

It's crazy how successful they were, too. Most people still have no idea!

Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

With recycling, always look at the cost/profit margin. Where mining/refining raw material is difficult, expensive, dangerous or just a pain in the ass then recycling is prudent and popular. But when it's cheap and easy to get the new stuff, there's no market for recycling. You lose money. This is the case with plastic. And yes, they damn well did know that.