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Shell quietly backs away from pledge to increase ‘advanced recycling’ of plastics
The energy giant Shell has quietly backed away from a 2022 pledge to rapidly increase its use of “advanced recycling,” a practice oil and petrochemical producers have promoted as a solution to the plastics pollution crisis. “Advanced” or “chemical” …