Why is recycling so confusing? You can blame Big Oil

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By Eve AndrewsSep 11, 2020, 3:31 pm149 pts
It turns out that the reason there’s so much plastic shit in the ocean isn’t that you haven’t bought a metal straw yet (me either). NPR and PBS Frontline published a bombshell investigation on Friday about how oil and gas executives knowingly pushed the illusion that comprehensive plastic recycling is a…

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