California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil, accusing the company of driving a “deceptive” decades-long recycling campaign that would have in practice increased the purchase and use of plastic products. The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco, further states that the oil giant promoted that all types of plastic were recyclable, even though “ExxonMobil knew that mechanical recycling and so-called advanced recycling could never process more than a small fraction of the plastic waste it produces.” The Prosecutor’s Office argues that citizens would be more likely to buy single-use plastics under this false promise of recycling. “The company … Continue reading California Sues ExxonMobil, Accusing Company of Misleading Public About Recycling While Expanding Plastic Waste