Center for Climate Integrity – “Underpinning the plastic waste crisis is a campaign of fraud and deception that fossil fuel and other petrochemical companies have created and perpetuated for decades. Through new and existing research, “The Fraud of Plastic Recycling” shows how Big Oil and the plastics industry have deceptively promoted recycling as a solution to plastic waste management for more than 50 years, despite their long-standing knowledge that plastic recycling is not technically or economically viable at scale.”

• See also Excerpts of key documents cited in The Fraud of Plastic Recycling Prepared by the Center for Climate Integrity February 2024.
• See also the Guardian UK – ‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals
• See also The Guardian UK: Shell quietly backs away from pledge to increase ‘advanced recycling’ of plastics. Energy giant promised to turn 1m tonnes of plastic waste into oil each year, but now says goal is unfeasible