Ford County, Kansas, filed a federal class action lawsuit against major fossil fuel and petrochemical companies — including ExxonMobil, Chevron, Dupont, and Dow Chemical — and a leading industry trade association, the American Chemistry Council, to hold them accountable for “a decades-long campaign of fraud and deception about the recyclability of plastics.”
“Defendants’ false representations regarding the recyclability of plastics led to increased production of plastic products, increased demand for plastics products, increased prices for plastic products and corresponding issues with the remediation of plastic waste, all of which have harmed the citizens of Kansas.”
Ford County v. ExxonMobil et al.
Class represented by Ford County, Kansas
Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Chevron Phillips Chemical, Dupont, Celanese, Dow, Eastman Chemical, LyondellBasell, American Chemical Council
Climate / Plastics
Public Nuisance
