Los Angeles County announced a lawsuit against Coca-Cola and Pepsi this week, arguing the soda giants misled the public on the recyclability of the plastics used for its products.

In the Wednesday complaint, the county alleged that the companies promoted their bottles as recyclable but knew most of them would end up in landfills and that they cannot be meaningfully recycled without environmental harms.

It specifically points to what it says are false claims by Pepsi that it has created a “circular economy” for the plastics it uses as........

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