Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is ...
WEBOct 24, 2022 — A new report from Greenpeace found that people may be putting plastic into recycling bins — but almost none of it is actually being recycled. Meanwhile, plastic production is ramping up.
Plastics Recycling Update - Top News Stories in Plastics Recycling
WEBSep 18, 2024 — Plastics Recycling Update keeps you on top of critical plastics recycling industry trends and the latest news from across the sector.
Industry backs proposed federal plastics recycling bill
WEB6 days ago — The Accelerating a Circular Economy for Plastics and Recycling Innovation Act, introduced Sept. 19 by Rep. Larry Bucshon, R-Ind., and Rep. Don Davis, D-N.C., mirrors parts of a 2021 federal policy ...
Why California is suing ExxonMobil for ‘perpetuating the lie’ of ...
WEB1 day ago — ExxonMobil defended itself in an emailed response to The Verge, writing: “For decades, California officials have known their recycling system isn’t effective. They failed to act, and now they ...
There’s an Explosion of Plastic Waste. Big Companies Say ‘We’ve …
WEBApr 5, 2024 — The traditional approach to recycling is to simply grind up and melt plastic waste. The new, advanced-recycling operators say they can break down the plastic much further, into more basic...
California sues ExxonMobil over plastics recycling, alleging ... - NBC News
WEB3 days ago — In the lawsuit, the state's attorney general says ExxonMobil misled consumers into believing that recycling was a viable solution for plastic waste, though it knew otherwise.
The plastics industry says chemical recycling could help banish ... - CNN
WEBMay 30, 2024 — The plastic industry is pitching chemical recycling as a great new hope in the battle against the plastic pollution crisis. Experts say not so fast
California sues ExxonMobil, saying company deceived public about ...
WEB2 days ago — But the myth of recycling was designed to drive purchasing — purchases of and use of plastics up, up, up and also drive profits of ExxonMobil up, up, up. And it's worked. Last year, ExxonMobil ...
New report unveils what plastic makers knew about recycling - NPR
WEBFeb 15, 2024 — Yet from the early days of recycling, plastic makers, including oil and gas companies, knew that it wasn't a viable solution to deal with increasing amounts of waste, according to documents ...
How to increase the rate of plastics recycling - MIT News
WEBJul 3, 2024 — A nationwide bottle deposit program could increase recycling of PET plastic to 82 percent, with nearly two-thirds of all PET bottles being recycled into new bottles, at a net cost of just a penny a bottle when demand is robust, MIT researchers report.
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