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When Is “Recyclable” Not Really Recyclable? When the Plastics Industry Gets to Define What the Word Means.

Companies whose futures depend on plastic production are trying to persuade the federal government to allow them to put the label “recyclable” on plastic shopping bags and other items virtually guaranteed to end up in landfills and incinerators.


Someone else already posted this, but I wanted the big picture.

https://www.propublica.org/article/plastics-industry-redefine-recyclable-ftc-grocery-bags

#recycling #recycled #recycle #plastic #plastic-bags #plastic-grocery-bags #grocery-bags #propublica #recyclable


Unsurprising to me that @ProPublica is one of the few national news orgs genuinely holding the powerful accountable through investigative reporting, and is ALSO one of the few national news orgs who made the common sense decision to begin building an audience in the Fediverse. Fearless journalism is right.

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