The state said it deceived the public for half a century by promising that recycling would address the global plastic pollution crisis.
FILE – An ExxonMobil fuel storage and distribution facility in Irving, Texas, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. California sued ExxonMobil Monday, alleging it deceived the public for half a century by promising that recycling would address theAttorney General Rob Bonta’s office said that even with recycling programs, less than 5% of plastic is recycled into another plastic product in the U.S. even though the items are labeled as “recyclable.
“For decades, ExxonMobil has been deceiving the public to convince us that plastic recycling could solve the plastic waste and pollution crisis when they clearly knew this wasn’t possible,” Bonta said in a statement.
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