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   AlexanderVI (alexandervi@stranger.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Feb-2024 01:40:50 JST AlexanderVI

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   • Sally Strange

   @SallyStrange fun detail that may or may not be included: we offloaded tonnes of basically non biodegradable garbage to China under the guise of "recycling" schemes.

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     Sally Strange (sallystrange@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 17-Feb-2024 01:40:51 JST Sally Strange

     "If not for the Big Oil and the plastic industry’s lies and deception, municipalities and states would not have invested in plastic recycling programs and facilities—many of which have been shut down due to foreseeable economic losses. The industry not only misled municipal and state agencies to believe that plastic recycling was a viable solution to plastic waste but also discouraged them from pursuing other, more sustainable waste management strategies (e.g., waste reduction, reuse, bans, alternative materials) in favor of plastic recycling."

     Quote from this detailed and well-sourced report from Climate Integrity. Well worth reading and not as long as it looks. The main part of the report is 30 pages, most of which include various illustrations and up to 1/3 of the page given over to citations.

     #Plastics #FossilFuels #PlasticPollution #PlasticRecycling #Fraud #Scam #BigOil #ExxonKnew

     https://climateintegrity.org/uploads/media/Fraud-of-Plastic-Recycling-2024.pdf

     GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) repeated this.