Fossil Fuels Recycling Waste 
Yale E360
MAY 31, 2023
But critics say that by converting waste to petroleum feedstock, it will only perpetuate a dependence on fossil fuels. Proponents of a process called pyrolysis — including oil and gas companies — contend it will keep post-consumer plastics out of landfills and reduce pollution. Read more on E360 →
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 8, 2025
Electric vehicle (EV) sales are increasing , and these vehicles are important to reduce fossil fuel use and air pollution. When an EV retires, the battery can be recycled and the materials recovered to make new batteries. Outlines reporting requirements that will increase transparency around recycling and mineral recovery.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Special session takes on big oil and wins The transition to clean transportation and away from fossil fuels is here. Policies like this will be critical to ensure that the fossil fuels phaseout is equitable and Big Oil doesn’t squeeze every dollar out of California consumers on the way out the door.
Cleannovate
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Plastics generate interest because they are easy to make but very difficult to degrade leading to a plastic solid waste catastrophe. Most plastics are a by-product of petroleum refining, which make their presence a guarantee as long as we use fossil fuels.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 8, 2024
The complaint is a cri de coeur : clear, outraged, and horrifying in its recounting of the plastic waste problem and its causes. This campaign, which is ongoing today, succeeded in convincing the public that plastics were recyclable. In fact, Mobil patented the co-processing of plastic waste in cokers in 1978.
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 4, 2025
On April 3, the Erie Times reported the International Recycling Group, Inc. has canceled plans for a $300 million chemical plastics recycling plant in Erie citing the President's tariffs and funding commitments issued by the US Department of Energy that failed to come through. Neither is burning plastic waste to make steel.
Ocean Conservancy
OCTOBER 8, 2021
Unfortunately, decades of government subsidies to the fossil fuel industry have hindered efforts to reuse and recycle. They make it cheaper to produce new (or “virgin”) plastics rather than recycling plastic waste already created. The production of new plastics also contributes to our growing climate crisis.
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