Plastic Industry Pushed Recycling On America Knowing It Would Fall Short, According To Report

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The plastic industry pushed recycling on America knowing it would fall short, according to report

The industry knew for decades that recycling wouldn’t keep plastic out of landfills, with one industry insider writing in a 1974 speech that “there is serious doubt that [recycling plastic] can ever be made viable on an economic basis," the investigation found.convincing the public that recycling would keep the environment clean while making billions selling new plastic

"If the public thinks that recycling is working, then they are not going to be as concerned about the environment," Larry Thomas, former president of the Society of the Plastics Industry, told NPR.of the plastic produced since 1960 has been recycled, according to the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency.a year making plastic, and as demand for oil for cars and trucks falls, plans to increase its investment in plastic production, the investigation found.

 

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FakeNewsMedia It feel short because the Democrats and Liberals in every City fought against it on every level!!!! DemocratLies Recycling is still the answer!!

My local government was found to have been taking the recyclables to the WasteManagement site. It eroded public trust. We must recycle and must ensure we hold the supply chain accountable to make recyclable & sustainable packaging.

Read 'Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash' by Edward Humes

Republicans hate anything that’s positive 😆

Plastic should be outlawed it’s that simple 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍

And why does it fall short? Maybe because the consumer is charged for the privilege of sorting their trash, then have to rely on selling their pre-paid, pre-sorted trash. Recycling in the US is a total scam that focuses solely on profit, and not at all on efficiency.

I thoughts its only Africa that got whole of this dust

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