The Plastic Industry’s Muddled Math

Increasing plastic recycling has been presented as a solution to the plastic crisis, but the projected recycling numbers are often based on false assumptions and misleading statistics. These are often intentionally presented to oversell the capacity and promise of plastic recycling.

In this research briefing, we summarize the science on the limitations of plastic recycling and the skewed statistics that are often used to oversell its potential.

Read the briefing, below.

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