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ExxonMobil deceived the public with plastic recycling, lawsuit claims

A pile of plastic bottles and other trash seen along a river bank.
Seal Beach, CA – December 13: Plastic bottles and other trash are piled up along the bank of the San Gabriel River just a few hundred yards from the Pacific Ocean. | Photo: Getty Images

ExxonMobil has mislead consumers for years by perpetuating “myth” about plastic recycling, according to a new lawsuit filed by the state of California.

ExxonMobil is the world’s leading producer of single-use plastics that become waste, according to the state attorney general’s office. To encourage people to buy products made with single-use plastics, the suit alleges, ExxonMobil “deceived Californians for almost half a century by promising that recycling could and would solve the ever-growing plastic waste crisis.”

Plastic is quite difficult to reuse, which is why very little of it is ever recycled. Promoting recycling as a cure-all for plastic waste can actually lead to more of it becoming…

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