nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2|||How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||An NPR and PBS Frontline investigation reveals how the oil and gas industry used the promise of recycling to sell more plastic, even when they knew it would never work on a large scale.


How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled

Landfill workers bury all plastic except soda bottles and milk jugs at Rogue Disposal & Recycling in southern Oregon.

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How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled



An NPR and PBS Frontline investigation reveals how the oil and gas industry used the promise of recycling to sell more plastic, even when they knew it would never work on a large scale.


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