It was initially used by BP to shift blame to consumers instead of oil companies.

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    5 months ago

    Same with plastic companies trying to encourage plastic recycling, they’re only doing it because the real solution is to ban or regulate their business.

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      And the big secret is that plastic recycling happens much, much less often than you think. In Australia less than 10% of what gets collected for recycling is actually recycled. It’s similar in other countries.