Big Oil claims chemical recycling is the future of plastic. It’s pure delusion
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Regulators have spent tens of millions subsidizing ‘advanced’ recycling facilities, which release carcinogens and give off more greenhouse gases than making plastic from crude oil.
Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup.