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California takes on Big Plastic over recycling myths Posted: 29 Apr 2022 10:18 AM PDT California will investigate whether fossil fuel companies have broken the law by perpetuating myths about plastic recycling, Attorney General Rob Bonta announced yesterday. The investigation marks a fresh attempt to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for downplaying the harm their products inflict on the planet. California will be looking into whether companies have misled consumers into thinking that recycling keeps plastic out of landfills and ecosystems — and whether they've broken any laws in the process. The reality is that the vast majority of plastic — more than 90 percent of all plastic ever made — never gets recycled. "Enough is enough," Bonta said in a press release. "For more than half a century,... |
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