Can you trust companies that say their plastic products are recyclable? US regulators may crack down on deceptive claims
- Written by Patrick Parenteau, Professor of Law Emeritus, Vermont Law & Graduate School
Keurig, maker of K-Cup single-use coffee pods, was recently fined for claiming the pods were recyclable.Dixie D. Vereen/For The Washington Post, via Getty ImagesPlastic is a fast-growing segment of U.S. municipal solid waste, and most of it ends up in the environment. Just 9% of plastic collected in municipal solid waste was recycled as of 2018,...