Recycling is a Lie. Plastic Manufacturers Spent $1B to Make You Think It’s Working

<p>In 1977, residents of New Zealand&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0025326X7790193X" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">discovered</a>&nbsp;plastic littering their beaches. In response to the growing crisis, policymakers began discussing how to reduce the public&rsquo;s growing dependence on plastic.</p> <p>Fearing new legislation might be detrimental to their industry, plastics manufacturers launched a new campaign to desensitize the public to plastic waste. It was called&nbsp;<em>recycling</em>.</p> <p>The idea behind recycling was simple. Consumers feel bad tossing a bottle in the garbage when they hear these same bottles are killing marine life. But if people are told to sort their trash, they&rsquo;ll stop blaming plastics for polluting our oceans &mdash; because those products would have magically disappeared if only they had been properly recycled.</p> <p><a href="https://aninjusticemag.com/recycling-is-a-lie-plastic-manufacturers-spent-1b-to-make-you-think-its-working-e07c8fbbd454"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>
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