The Trump administration recently removed a major roadblock for chemical recycling, an unproven set of technologies that the oil and plastic industries are pitching as a panacea to the world’s plastic pollution crisis. Now, amid an unprecedented lobbying push and with corporate allies ensconced in key regulatory agencies, the industries are clamoring for a nationwide […]
The EPA just paved the way for a nationwide buildout of chemical recycling facilities that boost fossil fuels, spew emissions, and don’t appear to work.