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by DoingIsLearning 1482 days ago
To add to this, another 'green' idea - plastic recycling - is equally a marketing ploy by the industry. [0]

They always knew full well that it would never be feasible for the large majority of plastic types but to claim that it 'could' be recyclable somehow makes it seem like it is on you. When really we would have to live an ascetic live to avoid plastic as a consumer.

[0] https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/897692090/how-big-oil-misled-...