Now the entire world is stuck with plastic everywhere for thousands of years

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/15/recycling-plastics-producers-report

 

Plastic, which is made from oil and gas, is notoriously difficult to recycle. Doing so requires meticulous sorting, since most of the thousands of chemically distinct varieties of plastic cannot be recycled together. That renders an already pricey process even more expensive. Another challenge: the material degrades each time it is reused, meaning it can generally only be reused once or twice.

The industry has known for decades about these existential challenges, but obscured that information in its marketing campaigns, the report shows.

The research draws on previous investigations as well as newly revealed internal documents illustrating the extent of this decades-long campaign.

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Every living thing on earth is affected by the lies of an industry that would rather make money than worry about the health of the planet.