The California attorney general announced a lawsuit against ExxonMobil on Monday, alleging it engaged in a decadeslong deception about whether the plastics it manufactured can be recycled.'Plastics are everywhere, from the deepest parts of our oceans, the highest peaks on earth, and even in our bodies, causing irreversible damage — in ways known and unknown — to our environment and potentially our health,' California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Monday in a news release.
Bonta specifically named Exxon's advanced recycling program as being misleading Monday. '92% of plastics in advanced recycling become transportation fuel — only a very small amount is recycled,' he said. 'Exxon can only recycle about 1% of its own plastic.'A representative for ExxonMobil did not immediately respond to a request for comment.