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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://newsie.social/users/ProPublica/statuses/113210474916714654">ProPublica (propublica@newsie.social)'s status on Saturday, 28-Sep-2024 02:03:54 JST</a><a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica" title="propublica@newsie.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/33226-48-20221120060333.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="ProPublica" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">ProPublica</a><div><a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica/113210458269026031" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>In June, we examined <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ExxonMobil" rel="tag">#ExxonMobil</a>'s claim that it had transformed discarded <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/plastic" rel="tag">#plastic</a> into new fruit cups through an “advanced” chemical <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/recycling" rel="tag">#recycling</a> technology. We broke down the math to show just how little recycled content winds up in products made this way.</p><p>This fruit cup example was also cited by the lawsuit.<br><a href="https://propub.li/4eYp8RR" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://propub.li/4eYp8RR</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3738277#notice-7318771">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-09-28T02:03:54+09:00" title="Saturday, 28-Sep-2024 02:03:54 JST">about 8 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica/113210474916714654" rel="external" title="Sent from newsie.social via ActivityPub">newsie.social</a></span></span><a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica/113210474916714654">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: img.assets-c3.propublica.org</div><h5><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/delusion-advanced-chemical-plastic-recycling-pyrolysis?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post">The Delusion of “Advanced” Plastic Recycling</a></h5><div> from <span>@propublica</span></div></header><div>The plastics industry has heralded a type of chemical recycling it claims could replace new shopping bags and candy wrappers with old ones — but not much is being recycled at all, and this method won’t curb the crisis.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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ProPublica (propublica@newsie.social)'s status on Saturday, 28-Sep-2024 02:03:54 JST ProPublica
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In June, we examined #ExxonMobil's claim that it had transformed discarded #plastic into new fruit cups through an “advanced” chemical #recycling technology. We broke down the math to show just how little recycled content winds up in products made this way.
This fruit cup example was also cited by the lawsuit.
https://propub.li/4eYp8RR
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  The Delusion of “Advanced” Plastic Recycling
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  The plastics industry has heralded a type of chemical recycling it claims could replace new shopping bags and candy wrappers with old ones — but not much is being recycled at all, and this method won’t curb the crisis.