# Exxon Mobil's 'Advanced Recycling' Claims Under Fire: Is It Just Burning Plastic? 🔥 **URL:** \ **Category:** News & Articles\ **Tags:** tools, business\ **Created:** [September 30, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/exxon-mobils-advanced-recycling-claims-under-fire-is-it-just-burning-plastic/292478 "2024-09-30T19:45:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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**Summary:** 1. **Controversial Recycling Technique** Exxon Mobil has promoted its “advanced recycling” process as a solution to the plastic crisis, but critics argue it mainly involves burning plastics to create fuel rather than recycling them. 2. **Low Remake Rate** At Exxon’s facility in Baytown, Texas, only 8% of processed plastic is converted into new material, with the remaining 92% turned into fuel that is ultimately burned. 3. **Legal Action Against Greenwashing** California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a lawsuit to stop Exxon from labeling this process as “advanced recycling,” stating that the majority of the plastic is destroyed, not reused. 4. **Criticism from Experts** Environmental advocates and policy experts have condemned the practice, describing it as a continuation of outdated technology akin to a “blast furnace.” They argue that the process does not significantly improve recycling outcomes. 5. **Misleading Marketing** Concerns have been raised about industry-backed misinformation campaigns that misrepresent the efficacy of plastic recycling, with accusations that Exxon has been rebranding old technology as new since it holds a patent for it dating back to 1978. **Read more at:** [Yahoo News](https://www.yahoo.com/news/exxon-mobil-says-advanced-recycling-100018708.html?guccounter=1)