Sorry, how is recycling not the scam if they were actually just pretending to recycle and not doing it?

At scale if every (or even 90% of them) solar company were pretending to get solar energy, I would absolutely consider it a scam

Also, for the most part, my understanding of plastics recycling is that it doesn't really exist in practice. Glass Recycling, and Paper Recycling are actually able to reclaim most of the product, but plastic recycling is actually only downcycling where it can be used for a different purpose.