The California attorney general’s lawsuit, which cites ProPublica reporting, alleges that products made with Exxon’s process contain only a small fraction of the recycled plastic that they claim to have.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against oil and gas giant ExxonMobil for allegedly misleading the public on the merits of plastic recycling.

California is going after ExxonMobil over what it calls a “campaign of deception” about plastic recycling. The Golden State filed suit against the oil giant this week, alleging that it has misled consumers for years by marketing recycling as a way to ...