The Plastic Waste Crisis Isn’t an Accident—Big Oil Created It | Common Dreams

For decades, petrochemical companies ran a coordinated campaign promoting plastic recycling as a viable solution to plastic waste — all while knowing it wasn’t. Internal knowledge that recycling was neither technically nor economically feasible did nothing to slow the industry’s public messaging, as protecting their markets took priority over environmental reality.

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