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Plastic Wars: Industry Spent Millions Selling Recycling — To Sell More Plastic
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2057" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/03/31/822597631/plastic-wars-three-takeaways-from-the-fight-over-the-future-of-plastics" target="_blank"><strong>Plastic Wars: Industry Spent Millions Selling Recycling — To Sell More Plastic - NPR</strong></a></p><p></p><p>For decades, Americans have been sorting their trash believing that most plastic could be recycled. But the truth is, the vast majority of all plastic produced can't be or won't be recycled. In 40 years, <a href="https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/plastics-material-specific-data" target="_blank">less than 10%</a> of plastic has ever been recycled.</p><p></p><p>In a joint investigation, NPR and the PBS series <em>Frontline</em> found that oil and gas companies — the makers of plastic — have known that all along, even as they spent millions of dollars telling the American public the opposite.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2057, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.npr.org/2020/03/31/822597631/plastic-wars-three-takeaways-from-the-fight-over-the-future-of-plastics'][B]Plastic Wars: Industry Spent Millions Selling Recycling — To Sell More Plastic - NPR[/B][/URL] For decades, Americans have been sorting their trash believing that most plastic could be recycled. But the truth is, the vast majority of all plastic produced can't be or won't be recycled. In 40 years, [URL='https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/plastics-material-specific-data']less than 10%[/URL] of plastic has ever been recycled. In a joint investigation, NPR and the PBS series [I]Frontline[/I] found that oil and gas companies — the makers of plastic — have known that all along, even as they spent millions of dollars telling the American public the opposite. [/QUOTE]
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