Recycled plastic can be more toxic and is no fix for pollution, Greenpeace warns – the Guardian

Plastic Bottles for Recycling (by pingnews.com CC BY-SA 2.0) via Flickr).

“Plastics are inherently incompatible with a circular economy,” the global environmental network said in a report that brings together research showing recycled plastics are more toxic than their virgin constituents.

The report, timed to coincide with the beginning of fresh talks for a potential global plastics treaty, comes as separate research has found breaking down plastics for recycling scatters microplastic pollution into the environment…