The California attorney general’s lawsuit, which cites ProPublica reporting, alleges that products made with Exxon’s process contain only a small fraction of the recycled plastic that they claim to have.
Honestly, they’re not wrong. It’s reduce, reuse, recycle in that order for a reason. Excess packaging, regardless of material, is a problem. In a lot of places, even though you might separate your recyclables, they end up in the landfill anyway because nobody buys bales of recyclables when new material is cheaper and higher quality.
The best way to address waste like this is to place an additional tax on new material, and subsidize recycling.
Honestly, they’re not wrong. It’s reduce, reuse, recycle in that order for a reason. Excess packaging, regardless of material, is a problem. In a lot of places, even though you might separate your recyclables, they end up in the landfill anyway because nobody buys bales of recyclables when new material is cheaper and higher quality.
The best way to address waste like this is to place an additional tax on new material, and subsidize recycling.