California Sues ExxonMobil for Recycling Deception

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Why California is suing ExxonMobil for ‘perpetuating the lie’ of plastic recycling

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California is suing ExxonMobil over what it calls a “campaign of deception” about plastic recycling.

The Golden State says ExxonMobil is the biggest producer of single-use plastic polymers.

ExxonMobil defended itself in an emailed response to The Verge, writing: “For decades , California officials have known their recycling system isn’t effective”.

The first Filipino American attorney general in California , the state with the most FilAms in the US .

He says he's concerned about the impact that pollution from oil and gas operations disproportionately has on immigrant communities.

The law and facts all point in the same direction on this case, he says.

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