Companies knew for decades recycling was not viable but promoted it regardless, Center for Climate Integrity study finds

Plastic producers have known for more than 30 years that recycling is not an economically or technically feasible plastic waste management solution. That has not stopped them from promoting it, according to a new report.

“The companies lied,” said Richard Wiles, president of fossil-fuel accountability advocacy group the Center for Climate Integrity (CCI), which published the report. “It’s time to hold them accountable for the damage they’ve caused.”

  • Rin@lemm.eeEnglish
    9·
    9 months ago

    Hemp is very versatile and can be used to make similar paper products while growing at a much faster rate, which potentially makes it a good replacement. The association with marijuana is part of what prevented it from catching on though.

    • R0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      Mostly it was the paper and textile industries lobbying against cannabis so that the superior products that can be made with hemp were illegal and didn’t stand in the way of their infrastructure and market segment.

      That alone probably fueled the drug war against it as much as the government using it to crack down on any minority they could illustrate as using it more often.

      • Rin@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        …like lumber doesnt take far more effort per harvest, as well as take longer to grow?