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submitted 8 months ago by HowRu68@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

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.”

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[-] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

I'm pretty sure coke and pepsi successfully lobbied to have the bottle/can deposit on pop/soda eliminated

[-] pousserapiere@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Not everywhere. I have it on plastic coke bottles and also aluminium cans.

[-] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago

Right on! I'd guess you're in Europe. I just meant to describe how the elimination of the deposit in Canada and the US happened. It was corporate motivated, not municipally motivated. Sorry, I should have been more specific

[-] pousserapiere@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Indeed. I lived in Canada in the past, they were doing it for cans, but for bottles it was only glass bottles used in restaurants and bars.

[-] tunetardis@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

Ugh. They need to be part of the solution and not the problem. But you're probably right…

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