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To: scion who wrote (12179)	11/15/2019 8:03:35 AM
From: scion	of 12881

US recycling event is cover for enormous volume of plastic pollution, say critics America Recycles Day promoted by EPA is brainchild of not-for-profit backed by companies that produce plastic products Emily Holden in Washington and Oliver Milman in New York Fri 15 Nov 2019 07.00 GMT theguardian.com America’s government-backed national recycling awareness day is being used as cover by large corporations that are churning out enormous volumes of plastic that end up strewn across landscapes, rivers and in the ocean, critics have said. The second annual America Recycles Day event on Friday is being vigorously promoted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a way to encourage Americans to recycle more. But critics point out that the initiative is the brainchild of Keep America Beautiful, a not-for-profit founded and backed by large companies that produce vast quantities of plastic products that end up as pollution. Current backers include Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Pepsico, and Altria, the tobacco giant formerly known as Phillip Morris. Decades of campaigns by the group have emphasized individual responsibility for plastic recycling, which data reveals to be a largely broken system. ... MUCH MORE theguardian.com

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