The attorney general of California has subpoenaed Exxon for records he believes will show it knew that plastics recycling doesn't work.
and campaigned to minimize the public’s understanding of their harmful consequences. The office has opened an investigation into whether the ongoing efforts by the industry were intended to deceive the public. As part of the investigation, it has issued a subpoena to ExxonMobil, a major source of global plastics pollution, seeking information about its efforts to hide what it knew from the public.
“In California and across the globe, we are seeing the catastrophic results of the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long campaign of deception. Plastic pollution is seeping into our waterways, poisoning our environment, and blighting our landscapes,” said Attorney General Rob Bonta. “Enough is enough. For more than half a century, the plastics industry has engaged in an aggressive campaign to deceive the public, perpetuating a myth that recycling can solve the plastics crisis.
“The truth is, the vast majority of plastic cannot be recycled and the recycling rate has never surpassed 9%. Every week, we consume the equivalent of athrough the water we drink, the food we eat, and the air we breathe. This first of its kind investigation will examine the fossil fuel industry’s role in creating and exacerbating the plastics pollution crisis — and what laws, if any, have been broken in the process.
The global plastics pollution crisis has been driven by the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries, Bomta’s office said. In the 1950s, the world produced approximately 1.5 million tons of plastic annually. Today, that number has skyrocketed to more than 300 million tons with plans to continue to increase supply in the coming decades.As renewable energy sources continue to replace fossil fuels, oil and petrochemical companies have doubled down on plastics production.
The rapidly increasing production of single use plastic products has long overwhelmed the world’s ability to manage them. Every year,enters the ocean. Plastic pollution is pervasive in California, polluting the state’s rivers, beaches, bays, and ocean waters and costing the state an estimated half a billion dollars each year in clean up and prevention. Plastic waste also harms California wildlife. Plastic-related wildlife fatalities were documented as early as the 1970s.
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