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Definition: That symbol that is intended to reassure you that all the extraneous packaging surrounding the item you bought will not be brought to landfill, if only you take a few minutes out of your day to ascertain which pile it belongs in...This, despite it being entirely manufactured with the express intent of being thrown away.
IBID: A Guilt trip bestowed upon customers by companies ... that if their disposable product manufactured expressly for the landfill should by accident end up in the landfill it's entirely the consumer's fault.
IBID: A ploy by large oil companies to get around environmentally conscious or sensitive policy and lawmaking.
IBID: A scheme by which companies can charge more for a product or it's packaging by providing the reassurance that it can be recycled despite knowing full well that it won't. Were the packaging / materials actually recycled the material costs of the packaging/product would easily double.
Links:
- https://www.plasticsoupfoundation.org/en/plastic-problem/bogus-solutions/recycling-myth/#:~:text=An%20absolute%20reduction%20in%20the%20amount%20of%20plastic,is%20not%20separated%20during%20collection%20in%20The%20Netherlands.
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauratenenbaum/2019/05/15/these-three-plastic-recycling-myths-will-blow-your-mind/
- https://www.ecowatch.com/plastic-recycling-myth-2647706452.html
- https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/897692090/how-big-oil-misled-the-public-into-believing-plastic-would-be-recycled
- https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2020/09/13/381750/how-big-oil-misled-the-public-into-believing-plastic-would-be-recycled/