California’s attorney general on Sept. 23 sued ExxonMobil, alleging the company misled consumers about plastic recycling.
ExxonMobil has promoted plastics, which are primarily made from gas and oil, in part by telling the public that plastic can be recycled, even while executives knew that many kinds of plastic are not recyclable, according to the lawsuit.
“ExxonMobil’s deceptive statements were designed to mislead consumers and the public—including the state, its businesses, and its residents—about the serious adverse consequences that would foreseeably result from continued and increased production of plastic products,” Attorney General Rob Bonta and other officials said in the suit, which was filed in the California Superior Court in San Francisco….