Companies whose futures depend on plastic production are trying to persuade the federal government to allow them to put the label “recyclable” on plastic shopping bags and other items virtually guaranteed to end up in landfills and incinerators.
Zero co actually just announced this bullshit - their former model was recycled plastic ‘forever bottles’ you refilled from recycled plastic pouches that you sent back to be cleaned and reused.
Now they’re doing much smaller single use packaging that’s ldpe lined cardboard, doesn’t work with their forever bottles (meaning you have to buy new proprietary kit) and are touting it as greener.
Zero co actually just announced this bullshit - their former model was recycled plastic ‘forever bottles’ you refilled from recycled plastic pouches that you sent back to be cleaned and reused.
Now they’re doing much smaller single use packaging that’s ldpe lined cardboard, doesn’t work with their forever bottles (meaning you have to buy new proprietary kit) and are touting it as greener.