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Critics call out plastics industry over 'fraud of plastic recycling'

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Key Focus

  • "What we see in here is a widespread knowledge that plastics recycling was not working," he said.. . At a trade conference in Florida in 1989, an industry leader told attendees, "Recycling cannot go on indefinitely, and does not solve the solid waste problem." ...
  • The American Chemistry Council, an industry trade group, responded to "CBS Sunday Morning" in a statement, calling the Center for Climate Integrity's report "flawed" and "outdated," and says "plastic makers are working hard to change the way that plastics are made and recycled." ...

    • No momentum supporting factor found

    Challenge supporting factors

  • (recycling,trade)
  • (industry,trade)
  • (recycling,industry,trade)
  • (recycling,industry,knowledge)
  • (recycling,technology)
  • (recycling,sunday_morning)
  • (recycling,plastic_recycling)

    • Work-in-progress supporting factors

  • (recycling,industry,campaign)
  • (recycling,campaign)
  • (industry,campaign)
  • (recycling,industry,trade)
  • (industry,unrecyclable)
  • (recycling,industry,unrecyclable)
  • (recycling,unrecyclable)
  • (industry,technology)
  • (recycling,industry,technology)
  • (industry,sunday_morning)
  • (recycling,industry,sunday_morning)
  • (recycling,staff)
  • (industry,staff)
  • (recycling,industry,staff)
  • (recycling,industry,president_biden)

    • Time PeriodChallengeMomentumWIP
    Report12.80 0.00 87.20

    High Level Abstraction (HLA) combined

    High Level Abstraction (HLA)Report
    (1) (recycling,industry,trade)100.00
    (2) (recycling,industry,campaign)82.94
    (3) (recycling,trade)55.88
    (4) (industry,trade)54.12
    (5) (recycling,campaign)52.35
    (6) (industry,campaign)50.59
    (7) (industry,unrecyclable)35.88
    (8) (recycling,industry,unrecyclable)32.94
    (9) (recycling,unrecyclable)31.76
    (10) (industry,technology)31.18
    (11) (recycling,industry,technology)29.41
    (12) (industry,sunday_morning)27.06
    (13) (recycling,industry,sunday_morning)25.88
    (14) (recycling,staff)24.71
    (15) (industry,staff)22.94
    (16) (recycling,industry,staff)22.35
    (17) (recycling,industry,president_biden)17.65
    (18) (recycling,president_biden)16.47
    (19) (industry,plastic_recycling)15.88
    (20) (recycling,industry,plastic_recycling)14.12
    (21) (recycling,industry,negotiations)12.35
    (22) (recycling,negotiations)11.18
    (23) (recycling,industry,limitations)10.59
    (24) (recycling,industry,knowledge)10.00
    (25) (recycling,economic)8.82
    (26) (recycling,climate_integrity)8.24
    (27) (recycling,technology)7.06
    (28) (recycling,sunday_morning)6.47
    (29) (recycling,plastic_recycling)5.29
    (30) (industry,technical)3.53
    (31) (industry,president_biden)2.94
    (32) (industry,oil)1.76
    (33) (industry,negotiations)1.18

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    Supporting narratives:

    Please refer to knowledge diagram for a complete set of supporting narratives.

    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • "What we see in here is a widespread knowledge that plastics recycling was not working," he said.. . At a trade conference in Florida in 1989, an industry leader told attendees, "Recycling cannot go on indefinitely, and does not solve the solid waste problem." ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (recycling,industry,trade)
        • (industry,trade)
        • (recycling,industry,knowledge)
        • (recycling,trade)
        • Inferred entity relationships (5)
        • (industry,recycling,staff) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,unrecyclable) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,technology) [inferred]
        • (recycling,trade) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,sunday_morning) [inferred]

    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • The industry just launched a new ad campaign, called "Recycling is real," and says it's investing in what it calls advanced recycling technology.. . The American Chemistry Council, an industry trade group, responded to "CBS Sunday Morning" in a statement, calling the Center for Climate Integrity's report "flawed" and "outdated," and says "plastic makers are working hard to change the way that plastics are made and recycled." ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (recycling,technology)
        • (recycling,trade)
        • (recycling,sunday_morning)

    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • Davis Allen, an investigative researcher with the Center for Climate Integrity, said the industry didn't need for recycling to work: "They needed people to believe that it was working," he said.. . A new report, called "The Fraud of Plastic Recycling," accuses the plastics industry of a decades-long campaign"to mislead the public about the viability of plastic recycling," despite knowing the "technical and economic limitations that make plastics unrecyclable" at a large scale ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (recycling,plastic_recycling)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • . The American Chemistry Council, an industry trade group, responded to "CBS Sunday Morning" in a statement, calling the Center for Climate Integrity's report "flawed" and "outdated," and says "plastic makers are working hard to change the way that plastics are made and recycled." ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (recycling,industry,trade)
        • (recycling,industry,sunday_morning)
        • (industry,sunday_morning)
        • Inferred entity relationships (7)
        • (industry,recycling,staff) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,unrecyclable) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,trade) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,technology) [inferred]
        • (recycling,trade) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,sunday_morning) [inferred]
        • (recycling,sunday_morning) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • A new report, called "The Fraud of Plastic Recycling," accuses the plastics industry of a decades-long campaign"to mislead the public about the viability of plastic recycling," despite knowing the "technical and economic limitations that make plastics unrecyclable" at a large scale ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (recycling,industry,campaign)
        • (industry,campaign)
        • (recycling,campaign)
        • Inferred entity relationships (7)
        • (industry,recycling,staff) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,unrecyclable) [inferred]
        • (campaign,industry,recycling) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,trade) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,technology) [inferred]
        • (campaign,industry) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,sunday_morning) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • The industry just launched a new ad campaign, called "Recycling is real," and says it's investing in what it calls advanced recycling technology ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (recycling,industry,campaign)
        • Inferred entity relationships (6)
        • (industry,recycling,staff) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,unrecyclable) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,trade) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,technology) [inferred]
        • (campaign,industry) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,sunday_morning) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • A new report, called "The Fraud of Plastic Recycling," accuses the plastics industry of a decades-long campaign"to mislead the public about the viability of plastic recycling," despite knowing the "technical and economic limitations that make plastics unrecyclable" at a large scale. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (industry,unrecyclable)
        • (recycling,unrecyclable)
        • (recycling,economic)
        • (recycling,industry,limitations)
        • (recycling,industry,unrecyclable)
        • Inferred entity relationships (5)
        • (recycling,unrecyclable) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,staff) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,trade) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,technology) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,sunday_morning) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • The industry just launched a new ad campaign, called "Recycling is real," and says it's investing in what it calls advanced recycling technology. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (industry,technology)
        • (recycling,campaign)
        • (recycling,industry,technology)
        • Inferred entity relationships (5)
        • (industry,recycling,staff) [inferred]
        • (recycling,technology) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,unrecyclable) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,trade) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,sunday_morning) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • . Allen showed us documents and meeting notes they obtained from public archives, and from a former staff member of the American Plastics Council. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (industry,staff)
        • (recycling,staff)
        • (recycling,industry,staff)
        • Inferred entity relationships (5)
        • (industry,recycling,unrecyclable) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,trade) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,technology) [inferred]
        • (industry,recycling,sunday_morning) [inferred]
        • (recycling,staff) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • In a letter to President Biden about the negotiations, the plastics industry says it opposes any bans on plastic production, but supports more recycling. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (recycling,industry,president_biden)
        • (recycling,president_biden)
        • (recycling,industry,negotiations)
        • (recycling,negotiations)
        • Inferred entity relationships (4)
        • (industry,president_biden) [inferred]
        • (industry,negotiations) [inferred]
        • (president_biden,recycling) [inferred]
        • (negotiations,recycling) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • . A new report, called "The Fraud of Plastic Recycling," accuses the plastics industry of a decades-long campaign"to mislead the public about the viability of plastic recycling," despite knowing the "technical and economic limitations that make plastics unrecyclable" at a large scale ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (industry,plastic_recycling)
        • (recycling,industry,plastic_recycling)
        • Inferred entity relationships (3)
        • (industry,plastic_recycling) [inferred]
        • (plastic_recycling,recycling) [inferred]
        • (industry,plastic_recycling,recycling) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • The American Chemistry Council, an industry trade group, responded to "CBS Sunday Morning" in a statement, calling the Center for Climate Integrity's report "flawed" and "outdated," and says "plastic makers are working hard to change the way that plastics are made and recycled." ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (recycling,climate_integrity)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • . In 1994 an Exxon executive told the staff of the plastics council that when it comes to recycling, "We are committed to the activities but not committed to the results." ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (recycling,staff)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Allen said, "They always kind of viewed recycling not as a real technical problem that they needed to solve but as a public relations problem.". . The industry just launched a new ad campaign, called "Recycling is real," and says it's investing in what it calls advanced recycling technology ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (industry,technical)
        • (industry,campaign)
        • Inferred entity relationships (1)
        • (campaign,industry,recycling) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • taking first step toward "historic" treaty on pollution from plastics, including "epidemic" of plastic trash. . In a letter to President Biden about the negotiations, the plastics industry says it opposes any bans on plastic production, but supports more recycling. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (industry,negotiations)
        • (industry,president_biden)
        • Inferred entity relationships (2)
        • (industry,negotiations,recycling) [inferred]
        • (industry,president_biden,recycling) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Plastic is made from oil and gas, and comes in thousands of varieties, most of which cannot be recycled together. But in the 1980s, when some municipalities moved to ban plastic products, the industry began promoting the idea of recycling as a solution. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (industry,oil)