New Report Calls Out Chemical Recycling as a ‘False Solution’ to the Plastics Crisis

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By Dana DrugmandOct 31, 2023, 11:00 am250 pts
The plastics and petrochemical industries’ latest purported solution to the plastic pollution crisis – chemical or “advanced” recycling – is essentially a public relations and marketing strategy designed to distract from the urgent need to curb plastic production, a new report contends. The report,…

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