> plastic recycling has ... never been something environmentalists advocated We've lived through very different past few decades if you think environmentalists

> plastic recycling has ... never been something environmentalists advocated We've lived through very different past few decades if you think environmentalists were not also advocates of plastic recycling, alongside the petrochemical industry. I fully agree that plastic recycling is greenwashing, but plastic recycling is greenwashing that 99% of environmentalists bought into and championed with gusto. Recycling plastic sounds like a great idea, it just doesn't happen to be a viable idea. That's a very hard message for most environmentalists to hear.