Big Oil is touting “advanced recycling” as the solution to the world’s waste crisis. But the technology has yet to live up to its backers’ lofty claims, a Reuters review of 30 projects found.

And the 1.1 million acre-feet of usable water that could be created through recycling would be twice as much as backward-thinking dam projects proposed for California.

The recycling project that received the most attention was the removal and sale of the Dome's bright-blue seats.