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Walmart scams, expensive recycling, and overdraft fees
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It is Friday. And Indicators of the Week is back — Plastics Edition. Today, we dig into how fraudsters have used Walmart gift cards to scam consumers out of more than $1 billion. We also find out why recycled plastic is actually more expensive now than newly produced plastic. And we learn how overdraft fees might be going way down. Related ArticlesProPublica - How Walmart's Financial Services Became a Fraud MagnetFinancial Times - Petrochemical glut makes new plastic cheaper than recycledRelated episodesOverdraft fees: From perk to penaltyThe problem with banning plastic bagsFor sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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