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DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> sues Exxon over plastics <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/recycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recycling</span></a> 'deception'</p><p>September 24, 2024<br>BBC</p><p>"California's attorney general is suing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonMobil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonMobil</span></a>, alleging the oil giant engaged in a 'decades-long campaign of deception' about the effectiveness of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PlasticsRecycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlasticsRecycling</span></a>.</p><p>"In the civil lawsuit filed on Monday, Attorney General Rob Bonta accused Exxon of contributing to a 'deluge' of plastic pollution, while telling Californians that recycling was a fix.</p><p>"'For decades, ExxonMobil has been deceiving the public to convince us that plastic recycling could solve the plastic waste and pollution crisis when they clearly knew this wasn’t possible,' Bonta said."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8elg6ezlko" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cp8elg6e</span><span class="invisible">zlko</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Microplastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microplastics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Plastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plastics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PlasticPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlasticPollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashing</span></a></p>
John Englart<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@jaydax" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jaydax</span></a></span> <br>Yes, but at what cost to the environment? Waste plastic in roads may be problematic for enhancing microplastics pollution through road abrasion. I haven't seen any peer reviewed studies assessing possible environmental implications.</p><p>See Pete Myers (chief scientist of Environmental Health Sciences): The plastic road to hell is paved with good intentions (Dec 20, 2022) <br><a href="https://www.ehn.org/recycled-plastic-roads-2658987942.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ehn.org/recycled-plastic-roads</span><span class="invisible">-2658987942.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/PlasticsRecycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlasticsRecycling</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Microplastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microplastics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/EnvironmentalPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalPollution</span></a></p>
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