California filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) on Monday, accusing the oil giant of misleading the public about the recyclability of plastics. What Happened: The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco County Superior Court, alleges that ExxonMobil engaged in a “decades-long campaign of deception” regarding plastic recycling. California Attorney General Rob Bonta stated that ExxonMobil falsely promoted all plastics as recyclable, contributing to global plastic pollution, reported The Washington Post. “For decades, ExxonMobil has been deceiving the public to convince us that plastic recycling…
