“Peak Greenwashing”: Two Bills in Congress Endorse Misleading Recycling Claims

By Lisa Song, ProPublica · October 29, 2026

The plastics industry spent decades convincing consumers that throwing used products stamped with the “chasing arrows” symbol into a curbside bin meant they would be recycled. Now, amid growing awareness that many of those items never get reprocessed, the industry is championing a pair of proposals in Congress that…

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