2026-05-04 02:08 UTC
Recycling plastic is a lie. Only 10% of plastic gets recycled, less than 1% gets cycled twice. Those symbols on the bottom of a plastic container? The three arrows chasing each other “recycling” label? It was made up for public relations (read, “deception”). Who is behind all this? Follow the money.
#FossilFuel Companies
“Despite internal industry awareness of the technical and economic obstacles facing recycling at scale, Big Oil and the plastics industry have deceptively promoted recycling as a solution to plastic pollution for nearly four decades to avoid legal limits on production or outright bans, according to recent reports by CIEL, NPR/PBS Frontline and the Center for Climate Integrity (CCI). “ https://mstdn.social/@Npars01/116513565129317242
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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza 2026-05-04 02:59
@meltedcheese@c.im I briefly worked in a plastics factory one summer (rebuilt their Access database). They did a ton of post-industrial plastic recycling, e.g. turning carpet trimmings into pellets into fibers. That was easy and profitable. The post consumer recycling was a mess and they could only resell it for the lowest quality products.
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@lynneverson@masto.ai 2026-05-04 02:13
@meltedcheese so depressing