Big brands like Procter & Gamble and Nestlé say a new generation of plants will help them meet environmental goals, but the technology is struggling to deliver.

There is a long history of the plastics industry telling stories about recycling, which rarely happens for plastics, as a means of creating permission to manufacture plastics which won’t actually be recycled

  • @perviouslyinerEnglish
    6•8 months ago

    Both Wendover and Climate Town have talked about how plastic recycling is faked - if the economics haven’t changed since then [tax on new plastic] I’d be surprised if any recycling is real.