How Big Oil Misled the Public into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled (2020) (npr.org)

The triangle with arrows story? It was a great read.

Real answer, by preventing effective regulation like:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_producer_responsibili...

> an environmental protection strategy to reach an environmental objective of a decreased total environmental impact of a product, by making the manufacturer of the product responsible for the entire life-cycle of the product and especially for the take-back, recycling and final disposa

Discussed at the time: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24441979>