Advocacy Director
Curbside recycling isn’t getting the job done. That means we need to rethink our packaging. Instead of relying on a single-use system let’s reduce our packaging and pivot to reuse.
What is Recycling? The Reality Behind a Complex System Read More
Advanced recycling is not the solution fossil fuel and plastic lobbyists make it out to be. This expensive, unreliable, and toxic myth doesn’t recycle meaningful amounts of plastic. This is a fossil fuel industry campaign to keep us hooked on plastics.
Loopholes, Injustice, & the “Advanced Recycling” Myth Read More
Deceptively named false solutions like “advanced recycling,” “chemical recycling,” and “molecular recycling” are nothing more than a magic act. Fossil fuel giants use smoke-and-mirrors to pretend that they’ve somehow made single-use plastics “sustainable.” But in reality, “advanced recycling” is just a different way to burn plastic.
What is “Advanced Recycling?” The Ugly Truth is a Smoke-and-Mirrors Act Read More
Burning trash is an expensive scam. For decades, incineration companies have charged excessive fees to burn mixed household and commercial waste – draining public money intended to support clean energy. And now, fossil fuel giants want to use pricey trash-burning gimmicks to justify huge increases in plastic production. These companies claim they use technology that generates “renewable energy,” or reuses plastic in “innovative” ways. But that’s not the truth.
What the Waste and Fossil Fuel Industries Won’t Tell You About Burning Trash Read More