Critics call out recycling "fraud" by plastics industry
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
- About 48 million tons of plastic waste is generated in the United States each year, but only 5 to 6 percent of it is actually recycled. A new report from the Center for Climate Integrity, "The Fraud of Plastic Recycling," accuses the plastics industry of a decades-long campaign to "mislead" the public about the viability of recycling. Correspondent Ben Tracy talks with the report's co-author, Davis Allen, and with Jan Dell, a former chemical engineer, about an inconvenient truth surrounding the lifecycle of plastic. [Originally broadcast April 14, 2024.]
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I'm so tired of always being lied to by big major companies who are profiting millions, if not billions off of us, THE CONSUMER.
Thats how the real world works. You dont get something for nothing.
The love of money is the root of all........?
@@middleagedjabroni Unless you’re the producers of plastics who generate profits, all while the rest of us are forced to pay the price for their products. It’s called corporate socialism.
@@user-er3ri6sc3j The lack of regulation combined with a political party that basically bankrolls oil companies and produces of plastics.
@@middleagedjabroni Ok, now string together two more empty phrases. Neither of those mean anything, nor add to the conversation.
The last graphic was the most telling - By 2050 there will be more plastic by weight in the oceans that fish. How can anyone not see the problem?
I agree that plastics are bad for the environment and we should be concerned, but did they have to use a quote from the World Economic Forum?
Selective sight.
Money. They would rather choke on plastic literally than have one fewer dollar.
And it will be microplastics. Right now, there is plastic in your brain, just like there is plastic in everyone else's brains.
@@XBret64 60 minutes is 100% of the World Economic Forum's mindset. Of course they will quote from it.
Thank you for reporting on this. The recycling business is a fraud, and the consumer is not to blame for plastic waste - the producer is.
But now that we know plastic is mostly NOT being recycled, we consumers have to make choices about what kind of packaging we buy...for the planet, and to send a message to the companies that lie.
@@tdelphia1 No, the average consumer need to not do a darn thing until the wealthiest people need to be FORCED to stop living in opulence. All that is going on now is poorer people are being forced through laws and taxes to not consume products so the wealthiest can have them.
Consumers need to make better choices, though. You can't pretend consumers aren't throwing this stuff on the road and in the water.
I think we are too. We knew....it was convenient. Even those pretty reusable plastic bags are still plastic. We need to use hemp, cotton, or some other natural fiber.
You bought the product. You are just as responsible.
We've been greenwashed for years by the plastic industry. They have always known it's cheaper to produce new plastic rather than recycled plastic. We've been duped.
Some of us weren't even "duped", but it isn't as though we had a say in the matter. 😂 If you ain't rich, then you ain't sheet. 90% of the humans on this planet have no influence on what the elite 10% do. Obviously. 💪😎✌️ Rich gotta rich, and the poor gotta serve, suffer, and submit. That's what schlaves are meant to do, after all.
This crap just really ticks me off! Greed is way to strong and it's clear we're all going to be paying a much high price in the end because of it.
After reading that plastic is everywhere, including in our blood streams, I am in the process of going back to glass containers in my kitchen. I was going to take all my plastic ware to the recycle bin but after listening to this, what is the point. I will keep the plastic containers and use them in my craft room. My problem is, yogurt, milk, kefir, etc. all come in plastic containers so it’s an uphill battle to try and reduce plastic use!
When I was a kid in the 80s the soda my parents bought were 8 pk 16 oz glass bottles. You paid a deposit in addition to the cost of the soda for the bottles. We would return the bottles the next week.
They were sent back to the bottler where they would wash and refill them with soda. They did the same thing with beer. Why can't they do this now with drinks, water, beer, etc? It would sure cut down on plastic.
Glass and aluminum are 100% recyclable and the plastic produces hate that.
Too expensive. Less profit for big business. Easy answer.
Taste better too
1--There are too many hundreds of companies now to send bottles back to. 2--companies won't switch back to glass because it's costly to ship. 3--We DO pay a deposit in NY, but we put our bottles into machines at the supermarket where they're crushed. The glass and aluminum is recycled, the plastic is probably trashed. 4--And it's not sanitary to re-use plastic bottles.
Don't rely on recycling. Focus on reducing.
A lot of stuff comes in plastic. They got billions and need to come up with something better.
@@mkhanman12345 Don’t rely on recycling. Focus on reducing.
@@JoeOvercoat A lot of stuff comes in plastic. They got billions and need to come up with something better.
Why not focus on _both?_
It’s a tricky situation. There are so many things reliant on plastics, things many don’t even realize.
Finding viable material alternatives for all plastics is going to be tricky. Because the new materials would need to be cheap, eco-friendly and useful. Not an easy task.
For now, we should all just try to limit buying things containing plastics like you said.
I've been angry about recycling for years. Until manufacturers are made to change how products are packaged, until fast food restaurants are made to do away with styrofoam, until, until, until. Everything we all do is pointless. A drop in the proverbial bucket. I'm sick and tired of paying for a service that's bogus.
It's not pointless. It's not hard to cut out a lot of those materials if you make it important to you. The take away shouldn't be "oh well guess I don't have to recycle, it's pointless". Perhaps "I will make less waste, stop buying take out, fast food and it's packaging" is how we should look at it. If recycling is out let's conserve water(shorter showers/not letting it run as you gather your clothes), turn off lights and yes actually UNPLUG appliances no matter the slight inconvenience.
@@gb.510 I do all that and have done so all my life. Almost all of my possessions are used - clothing, furniture, household items. I buy detergent in cardboard boxes. No one uses a plastic bag over and over as many times as I do. But until the reasons there's so much waste is addressed, it is all pointless. I'm paying my trash company for a service I'm not receiving and I resent the scam. I am at an age where I'm never going to see the world I live in be cleaned up. I did not say oh well I guess I just don't have to recycle, so don't put words in my mouth.
Quit buying stuff in plastic... do you buy your soda, soft drinks and water in plastic or in something else?
@@user-qr7ee2cp4y I get my water free from a faucet because I'm not stupid. Empty plastic food bottles get used to make homemade salad dressings or spice blends or whatever. I save and re-use glass bottles. Soft drinks are a treat I don't do often ... when I do, they're in cans or glass. Anything thing else you need you know? The replies I'm getting have nothing to do with what I wrote, nor did I say I don't recycle. If people aren't angry when they view sea life being strangled by our trash ... fine. I'm justifiably angry, but that doesn't mean I'm sitting around picking my nose.
The same is true of green energy and solar power. Research it and you will find that the world’s biggest polluters are China and India. American consumers baring the financial burden.
Could we outlaw plastic containers and go back to glass or move to aluminum?
Our town won’t even take clear glass anymore.
We ought to. Before plastic, you went to the store with your own containers and filled them with salt, flour or sugar and paid the grocer by weight. We can go back to that.
Aluminum is a finite resource. It's extremely recyclable but we can't just scale up its use as much as this would require without major consequences.
@@stellangios In other words big oil has us all by the b@lls!
@@Ian-nl9yd Maybe in rural areas. Before plastic, everything in metro areas came in glass.
It might be hard to believe, but in Japan, the recycling rate for plastic bottles is 88% in 2022.
That only means that people are diligently putting their plastics in the recycling bins. Most of that plastic will never be recycled. Much of it is contaminated with other solids, liquids, and plastics. After sorting, the contaminated bottles are sent to some impoverished Asian country, where it is burned, causing toxic black tarry smoke and soot.
My husband’s train line in Tokyo advertises that their uniforms are made from recycled drink bottles. I’ve heard grumblings that their recycling isn’t quite up to expectations it is still far better than in the US.
@@OhJodi69 No, Japan turns them into fuel using pyrolysis.
@@hojichaisfarsuperiortochai9309The only downside I know of this is that once you recycle it, it cannot be recycled. Those plastic clothes become microplastics at the end of their life.k
@@thewheeliain that’s a bummer.
As a community we should be able to sue these corporations. This is fraud. Take back our money.
We had it right years ago. We had returnable bottles you could return for money, returnable beer bottles by the case and paper bags we reused at the grocery store. Now we have plastic floating all over the place and plastic bottles littering the road ways!
The plastic trash even finds it's way into the forests and other wilderness areas. I've seen plenty of trash along hiking trails, and it is infuriating to me.
You had 2 soda companies and no water bottles. Now there are thousands of beverage companies, and you can't make a 2-liter soda bottle. It's complicated.
And ppl keep throwing away reusable bags.. Youre supposed to use them until they break!!! Otherwise those bags are doing more harm than regular plastic bags
Yeah I’m starting to see that?! Like WTH!
We knew that was never going to go over well. Not surprised at all. Even charging for them. People still throw them away.
@@semperfi6801 True and they charge like 5 cents!! They should charge at least $1 to make ppl bring their own bags😒
Ever notice that on certain two liter pop bottles are the words: “See You Soon!”? It’s a lie and it’s infuriating!
Marketing is everything. It's the most important thing to mankind, and without it, nothing could ever happen.
If some plastic can’t be recycled, then why are companies allowed to label them recyclable? Why didn’t they discuss that? Are we trying to create more anxiety & ratings or find a solution?
It may technically be possible to recycle, but it’s economically not feasible. You have to look up what specific numbers your local recycling plant will accept.
Because companies run this country.
Illusions MUST be maintained. If every marketing lie was exposed, global society would collapse.
@@fnregistration Right. Why didn’t they talk about that & possible solutions?
At least Penn and Teller’s show gave some hope in recycling glass, while denouncing recycling of pretty much every other material.
We should have stuck to glass
Our town doesn’t recycle clear glass anymore.
And paper dipped in wax
Too late. The wealthy control it all. They may do as they wish.
This isn’t new. We talked about this YEARS ago if not decades ago….
We just need to go back to waxed paper, paper and glass like it was like in the 80s
Our town won’t even take clear glass anymore.
@@ds7675 that's just wrong
NOt taking glass isn't new. In the last 10-15 years the majority of my trash services that do recycling as well refuse to take any glass because it is a "hazard" if it breaks. Glass is one of the most easily recycled materials. It's frustrating.
@@ds7675Ours stopped recycling glass years ago, and as a sop they suggested buying items that come in plastic jars or metal cans instead! Do you have any idea how many _foods_ only come in glass bottles or jars?! Salsa, nacho cheese, pickles, relish, olives, rice/wine/balsamic vinegars, maraschino cherries, gefilte fish, pasta sauce, jams, jellies, some beers, wine, liquor, wheat germ, soy sauce, and Asian condiments are all examples of food or beverages that _only_ come in glass jars or bottles, and that’s just what I could name right off the top of my head! We need to bring back glass recycling because it’s been done for generations with no troubles, and glass can be recycled almost indefinitely, whereas plastic cannot. The town slipped on a banana peel with that one!
Waxed paper has problems too.
So who's accountable?!?!
Why can't we see past this charade😢
One of them is running to be elected as the president again. Same party that bankrolls socialism for corporations and capitalism for the rest of us. Hint: they want to make the country they deliberately destroyed for a quick buck great again apparently.
The rich do what they wish. The poor can merely complain about it and do little else.
What they also don’t tell you is that the U.S. used to sell their recyclables (including the items that were actually recyclable) to China and India, where it would be burned or sometimes just dumped in the ocean. They stopped buying it from us years ago and everything you put in your blue bin or taken to a “recycling” center.
It then goes straight to …a LANDFILL. It might be local, it might be regional, or it can be in another state, but that’s where ALL of it ends up.
And I have to pay an extra $100 a year to fund this ballet before it's landfilled anyway.
Only the plastic is an issue. Everything else IS recycled.
@@Gertyutz You just keep on telling yourself that.
If companies were held accountable for lying, in general, that would be a big step forward. A person can lie if they are not breaking laws (contracts say), but a company's lies are much more influental.
They just need to be made to be responsible for collecting as much plastics as they produce, and store it, then we know it doesn't wind up in the ocean.
Compostable materials exist and should e required, at a bare minimum, for all food service/restaurant materials
What do you know - profits over people. Totally shocked.
CHINA stopped buying the plastics a few years back - because the economics didn't work - and at that point the bulk of the recycling ecosystem collapsed.
I worked at a plastic injection factory. Melting even the smallest amount of certain different plastics can result in an explosion.
I witnessed it.
Thank you for reporting on this, honestly would have never known this without your story. THIS is one of many reasons why journalism is important!!!!
There are hundreds of videos on the same subject, if you want to search UA-cam.
@@Gertyutz I’m sure there are, just saying that CBS This Morning covering it brings it to a wider audience
Using no plastic detergent bottles. Better?? It’s sad how we destroy our home.
We switched back to powder in cardboard boxes. That way we’re also not just paying for water, like the liquid detergents.
Laundry sheets like from Earth Breeze is a good alternative to liquid detergents.
@@HAL-9000xAre those boxed ones still He ones? Thanks for any response.
@@RD3D-2 I’ve seen ads for those so do they really work? And cost effective?
Honestly that’s one of the hardest ones!
I’ve been trying for 15!😮 years to find a quality plastic free option
The best solution I have so far is buying a getting a giant plastic (I know) bottle of blue dawn which is a great high quality product and refilling the small sink side bottle as needed. This doesn’t eliminate plastics but does greatly reduce it. (Blue dawn is also better at spot stain removal than tide sticks so save plastic and money and skip that. Just go to your kitchen get a drop of blue dawn and damp paper towel and let the magic work!)
For dishwashers brands are making individual pods wrapped in dissolving soap. The famous brand ones all clean very good. And don’t use plastic Individual containers.
There are companies like grove and blue land that sell plastic free household cleaners while blueland actually works the “lifetime” bottles are poorly designed and break.
Grove products also work but the glass refill bottle have leaking issues I got tired of.
Maybe they are better now but I decide to return to plastic for all propose cleaners.
Recycling plastic is even more toxic than producing it in the first place. Very sad to learn that but I think it’s important to know. I think that we need to ban plastic frankly.
Boy, TOXIC ☢️ you say, see what the ( Entrepreneurs) are doing in 3rd world countries and to their own people with Paving Slabs/Roof tiles etc etc, 😳🤯☠️
I'd love to hear what to replace plastics with. Because there's SO much they're needed for. Ban unnecessary plastic, sure, but every time I see someone arguing to get rid of plastic they basically say that whatever THEY don't need should be banned, and damn anyone who needs they stuff they scorn. Like, people often cite prepackaged cut vegetables and fruit and ignore that many disabled people rely on those products to have healthy food to eat.
Glass, wood, paper, metal
@@stellangios i’m curious your age… were you not alive in the world before plastic? We got by just fine.Lol. they’re not needed for anything! toothpaste, sunscreen came in metal tubes, Instead of plastic carton of milk or juice, , they were paper or glass, etc. it’s really sad that your generation has been convinced that there’s no alternative.
I used to work at the Hyatt hotel, they have recycle bins and at the end of the day they are collected as normal trash and place in the same dumpster. If you take a look, there are not special recycling trucks anywhere. All those bins you see all over are a lie, they all are collected as trash.
That's a lie. Where I live, 3 trucks roll through on trash day. One for trash, one for lawn/grass clippings, one for recycling
@@Psyclonus7Which Hyatt do you live at?
Supposedly there’s a huge plastic island floating around out in the Pacific Ocean somewhere.
It's called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Last I checked, it was about the size of Texas.
Not exactly an island, but yes, there is a concentration of plastic particles that float at a range of depths as well as at the surface in the oceanic gyres.
And breaks down into microscopic particles ingested by marine life to make its way back up the food chain. Your bloodstream includes plastic nanoparticles...
Look up "The Ocean Cleanup."
How about the headline, "world supposedly just catches on to what people who've been watching their labels have known for about 25 years"?
can confirm. was a cart pusher at retail. when it came to change the recycle trash i asked management where do we put the recycled trash. they just said the compactor like everything else. still the recycled bottles go to the trash like everything else.
All my plastic goes in the garbage now, if the garbage is full then I'll put it in the blue bin for them to throw it away for me... Sick of wasting my time sorting this crap, so I'm not doing it anymore.
Only the plastic is an issue. Everything else IS recycled.
I wonder if the EPA can do anything about this? Never mind, the Supreme Court is in charge of the EPA now.
Ughhhh! I’ve been recycling since I was little , always making sure everything recyclable goes in the blue bins! This pisses me off fr !
You're not recycling, just sorting. Recycling means making new products from old materials.
Everything I’ve read about recycling only the PET bottles are recycled. So why does my community allow containers rated 1-5 picked up as recycle? It’s a sales pitch-
Costs too much to recycle plastic…cheaper to make new plastic so it doesn’t get recycled. 🙄. I wish they could make corn/soy/sugar based products cheaper. At least it breaks down faster than petroleum based products. Costs too much so it doesn’t get used.
You so desperately want to use your plastics that you think we should be making them from food? Weird take.
Why won't these companies listen, we don't want their plastic anymore and we didn't ask for it in the first place. Stop using it to make things that go straight in the trash.
You would have to stop eating, buying medications, shampoo, soap, ....
@@Gertyutz it's crazy making that most of the plastic we use could be replaced with biodegradable alternatives that aren't used.
Locally we can only recycle type 1 & 2, but more than half the time it is nearly impossible to read the indicator so I end up throwing out items in the trash rather than contaminating the whole batch.
Why can't we find a renewable, ecofriendly alternative to plastics?
They're working at making plastic from seaweed, but it's not on the market yet.
@@Gertyutz hemp too !
I guess now some judge will decide how many fish we have left? Supreme Court that thinks it’s superior knowledge makes them qualified.
Anyone old enough to remember when beverages came in glass bottles with the polystyrene label? 1980's early 90's. It tasted better back then.
I remember milk being delivered to the house in glass bottles that were reused. I still have the milk box from 1964.
So...what am I supposed to do? Throw plastic in the trash now?
I put only #1 and #2 in the recycle bin, trash the other numbers, and re-use plastic bags for garbage.
Another case of Greed$😢 So much for global warming‼️Sad
I see our trash and recycling bin dumped into the same truck every week…
John oliver and Jon stewart beat you to this story like 4 years ago
The beverage companies contribute a ton to this problem.
It's time for a radical change. Ok California do your job!
This is not that different from what AJ Reynolds pushed for decades and finally the lies were exposed so hopefully this will start the exposure in this industry similarly with positive changes coming someday.
I stopped recycling over a year ago. I realized their disgusting lies. I dump everything in landfills now. At least, I am hoping it won’t make it to the oceans.
It’s better in a landfill
Imagine that. Corporations lying to you to protect their bottom line. If ignorance is bliss why aren’t more people happy?
Not so much fraud as it is people just being ignorant of the system. This is all common knowledge
It is fraud when the companies mislead the public to keep people ignorant. YOU think it's "common knowledge" but just b/c you and those around you know something doesn't mean everyone else does. This is a common mental bias called "the curse of knowledge." Also your statement is contradictory: how can so many people be ignorant of "common" knowledge? People like you like to show off how smart you are in a way that lets lying companies off the hook. They must love it. Someday they'll blame the public for believing their lies.
It's always been the case that certain plastics are recyclable and others not. Who would even think that plastic pouches used in packages is recyclable? It's always been bottles only.
#1 and #2 only, and that's if they can find a company that takes them.
Where we live in Oregon, the only plastic stuff we are supposed to put in the recycle bin are plastic bottles. Not even plastic tubs of the same type are allowed. I’ve hoped their being picky means they really do recycle at least the bottles, but who knows? We also bring plastic bags to be recycled at the grocery store but once again we don’t know what really happens.
My town got on board with recycling back in the day. They demanded that we purchase blue trash bags to put the recyclables in then floated rumors that if any plastic containers were found in your regular waste they would issue you a citation. The rumor was that someone was actually going through your garage *garbage and if something was found along with an address or name along with the waste you’d be in trouble.
2:25 It's recyclable, just not when processed "together" which is why it must be sorted thoroughly and properly.
Just make the plastic producer pay upfront and refund them when they recycle it. This will give them incentive to make sure it is recyclable
They will simply pass the cost on to the consumer.
@@michaelmorrissey1052 capitalism will take care of it. some other producers will make it cheaper by actual recycling. It may not completely solve the problem but at least shift the issue towards a greener equilibrium
In Colombia they've been using plastic waste to make building blocks for housing for years.
When I worked at a bag forming plant we would recycle all our plastic bags we made for the inserts for the sugar boxes.
I threw everything in the trash and I'm at peace with it
1:47 The fine print in this reporting is that recycling isn't viable "at large scale" meaning that you can recycle plastics, but how that is feasible or accomplished is debatable on the efficiency, costs, impact, and resources needed.
I love how they show old topics that we already knew...
48 million tons of plastic waste PER YEAR, I can't get my head around that number.
I said to someone today, why bother separating our trash and recycling because it’s all going into the same hole. The other thing is if it’s melted at high temperatures doesn’t it burn the impurities out, such as peanut butter or tomato sauce etc that isn’t thoroughly rinsed?
No material (no matter how 'miraculous' it may seem) should be introduced without the solution to make it environmentally neutral. Either by re-use, recycling , biodegrading, or disassembly. With VERY few exceptions.
Suppose that all plastic bottles and jars were replaced by glass. The benefit would be a reduction in plastic waste and an increase in CO2 emissions during transport of goods. If only we had truly biodegradable plastic to make containers from.
So what’s the 8% that gets recycled?
Extremely clean plastic that hasn't be contaminated.
Mostly uncolored #1 (PETE) and #2 (HDPE) containers, with a small amount of #5 (PP).
Labels or shrink sleeves that cover more than 25% of a container confuse automatic sorting equipment and cause otherwise desirable containers to be junked instead of recycled. You’re supposed to removed these before putting them in the recycling bin, but most people don’t and most brands don’t even bother with the ruse of placing this advice on their shrink sleeves or labels. I hate how brands choose these methods to decorate their bottles, fully knowing they’ve doomed them to the landfill, because they love being able to cheaply place branding over 100% of the container.
ill just start using the barrel as a 2nd TRASH barrel... ive been doing it religiously since it started with a small bin. IF you only knew how much time and energy ive been needlessly spent on another corrupt practice they have no intention of making work. i also noticed ppl getting newer trash barrels that are 1/2 the size as normal F right OFF !
0:59 The report should have let her give specific examples of what isn't recyclable and why.
It almost sounds like there's no point in separating our plastic trash. 80 still keep doing it anyway though. A little recycled is better than none recycled.
I learned all this six months ago and I basically don’t bother separating my stuff anymore. Cans in garbage, whatever in recycling. It’s a big joke.
Been over a decade since I looked into gasification technology but I recall that gasifying plastic is much more effective than gasifying solid waste so, if ~95% is going to landfills or being burned, we should move toward plastic-based waste to energy systems. Yes, it will give the plastic industry an excuse to keep using plastic but it hasn’t improved much for decades so we might as well get something more out of it. Someone smarter or more current than me, feel free to chime in.
Companies should be held responsible for collecting, and recycling all the plastic that they produce, and if they can't prove that they are acting responsively, by recycling their own products, then they should loose the right to do business here.
Why aren't we using hemp? Easy to grow and so versatile- in packaging, clothing, so much more
This should be a massive lawsuit like we had against big tobacco. They tried to pass the buck to consumers for decades. Make the industry pay. This is just greed.
It was always supposed to be REDUCE, REUSE...and then recycle, last resort and last priority. These companies didn't like that.
Lying to us and then charge us to recycle things that they don’t actually recycle!! WTH?
Glass is the answer.
Most glass isn't recycled either, but it's better nonetheless.
The “critics” should try recycling at a massive scale.
I was a kid in the early 1980s when they started the recycling campaign.
The good news is that we do a great job of recycling metal and glass in the US!
So what’s the alternative then?! Besides limiting your use of single use plastics and taking your own grocery bags to the store?!!!
Thank God for The Ocean Cleanup! Great organization ❤
Wish this was less of a hit piece and gave a good case about what we should recycle, instead of just saying a lot of it can’t be.
If the executives of these corporations were made to live in product dumps, believe me, things would change - coal execs along side slurries, oil execs next to reclamation ponds, cigarette execs with 24/7 piped in smoke, agribusiness with animal waste, rr execs at spill sites, etc
The fish in Florida have neurological problems and are dying. We ingest plastic in everything we consume. Need to go back to glass and it is recyclable and foods taste so much better.
Even if it wasn't a complete scam, which it is, why is it our job to take the time to try and figure out the incredibly specific and complicated rules for recycling? We are not the ones deciding to wrap every product in ten pounds of plastic even though I'm sure there are alternatives. It's not like you have the option to buy products that don't have plastic packaging. The manufacturers are responsible for plastic waste, not the consumer.
If it is produced by a company and is made of plastic, it should be recycled by that company.
We were lied to? Shocking!, said no one
CBS - You need to follow this up with a spotlight on everyday products we can buy that don't use plastic containers. The news media loves to share bad news, but rarely the solutions!
The only way to create a sustainable plastic recycling program would be to require consumer plastic producers to take ownership of the process. They offloaded that aspect of plastics to consumers. Since they are not held accountable, they have no incentive to ensure that their products actually get recycled. If they were made to reprocess their own product, they would develop more sustainable products to reduce the costs of the program. Unfortunately, it feels like any governmental oversight would result in another credit-type system like the carbon offset program. It won't reduce the waste at all, just allow the industry to avoid any meaningful impact by paying others to find solutions entirely funded by consumers due to the increased costs of the products.
Corporations and industries can NOT police themselves. They are always looking out for profit no matter what. We need an impartial 3rd party to do this job.
can you send them to Great Falls Mt? they installed a plastics burn recycler, they take it to nano scale, and that opened last year or longer. Thats many locations in asia that do it, now its in the usa, and I think that was the hope and intention of all the products in the usa with such labels, that are recieving many products from countries that recycle all products, so thats why the label is meaningful.
Does this cause all the cancers that normal trash incineration does?
This is why I don’t recycle. I’ve known this for years.
Anyone who brings garbage to outdoor dumps knows it all just gets buried and dug up by seagulls. Then the wind blows all the plastics out to sea.
Corporations lied to us...for decades.
And they wanted to push for a law to fine people for not putting "recyclables" in their recycling trash cans.
They are scapegoating in this news story. Recycling has ALWAYS been the darling issue of environmentalist activists. It was the first step towards our current climate change ideology that the government wants to weaponize against fossil fuels.
As far as I know, tetracycline tries and the green pick up bins for compost are available
2 Boeing whistle blowers and now dead, Jan Dell should have security / a body guard assigned to her somehow.
I'm not trying to fought for the plastic producers, but plastics can be recycled if sorted properly. And sorting is getting much more advanced with machine vision powered by AI and pneumatic robotics.