Author: Jess Conard
Magic wands only exist in the world of Harry Potter and other fictional works, but the plastics and petrochemical industries would like you to believe otherwise. They’re increasingly touting what they call “chemical recycling,” or “advanced recycling,” as a magical way to make hard-to-recycle plastic waste disappear. This October, a report released by the environmental groups Beyond Plastics and the International Pollutants Elimination Network unmasked the truth and investigated the chemical recycling facilities in the United States, two of which are in Ohio.