Most plastic will never be recycled – and the manufacturers couldn’t care less | Arwa Mahdawi
Oil and gas companies make far more money churning out new plastic than reusing old. Meanwhile, the public gets the blame
by Arwa Mahdawi
Sep 15, 2020
2 minutes
Plastic recycling is a scam. You diligently sort your rubbish, you dutifully wash your plastic containers, then everything gets tossed in a landfill or thrown in the ocean anyway. OK, maybe not everything – but the vast majority of it. According to one analysis, only 9% of all plastic ever made has . Here’s the kicker: the companies making all that plastic have spent millions
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