A CBS investigation into advanced recycling raises challenging questions about Big Plastic’s promises. Are these technologies real solutions or just distractions from proper accountability and circular innovation?

As America grapples with an escalating plastic crisis, the city of Houston, ExxonMobil, and other partners announced a new program that promised to recycle nearly all of the city’s plastic waste. However, after two years, the program has yet to materialize fully. Critics argue that the evidence suggests it never will.

Yet, the company envisions similar programs in other American cities. CBS Reports and Inside Climate News investigate whether this proposed solution to our plastic recycling crisis is indeed too good to be true. Watch more CBS Reports documentaries that dive into the key issues driving the national and global conversation at cbsnews.com/cbs-reports.

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