California sues ExxonMobil over misleading plastic recycling claims

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Suit claims firm used false claims to justify producing vast amounts of single-use plastics

California’s attorney general is suing oil and gas giant ExxonMobil, accusing the company of causing widespread harm to public health and the environment by generating a tremendous amount of plastic waste while also misleading the public for decades about the ability of plastic recycling to manage this pollution problem.