Advanced Recycling Company Loop Industries Called a Fraud
Clare Goldsberry, 14 October 2020
Recycling plastics — all types of plastics — has been a holy grail for the industry as well as brand owners who depend on plastic packaging for convenience, safety, product freshness, and security. As the accumulation of plastic waste has become a high-profile issue, finding a recycling solution has taken on increased urgency.
Environmental activist groups have pressured big brand owners such as PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, and Nestle through shareholder proposals and even lawsuits if they don’t clean up the plastic waste caused by their products. So eager are these big companies to find the magic bullet to remove plastic bottles, containers, and other plastic items from the environment that they have been ripe for whatever scheme might come along offering them a way out of this mess.
