Big Oil, Plastics Industry Led ‘Campaign of Deception’ to Push Recycling Fraud

The petrochemical industry—including major oil companies like ExxonMobil—knew for decades that recycling was not a sustainable solution to the problem of plastic waste, yet continued to promote it in order avoid regulation and deceive costumers into continuing to buy and use their products, a report released Thursday by the Center for Climate Integrity reveals. The…