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Loopholes, Injustice, & the “Advanced Recycling” Myth Report

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Advocacy, Chemical Recycling, Climate Change, False Solutions, Fossil Fuel, Greenwashing, Lifecycle, Material, Plastic Disposal, Plastic Industry, Plastic Policy, Plastic Pollution, Plastic Production, Policy, Pollutants, Recycling, Waste

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Activists, Educators, Innovators, Investors, NGO Professionals, Policy Makers, Researchers

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Report

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“Advanced recycling” is not a solution to plastic pollution and isn’t measuring up to industry promises. And by definition, “advanced recycling” is not really recycling at all. Instead, it’s a strategy for fossil fuel and plastic industries to continue delaying real action on plastics. Loopholes, Injustice, & the “Advanced Recycling” Myth Report shows how plastics and fossil fuel industry lobbyists — primarily the American Chemistry Council — work to pressure state legislators to pass laws containing loopholes enabling “advanced recycling,” and perpetuating plastic pollution and injustice.

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