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Recycling being the responsibility of the consumer
And recycling most plastics. End up in a landfill because its cheaper than actually recycling them.
I think it is often simply burned to generate heat/electricity
Ah, no, you see, what you're actually referring to is "energy recycling". See, doesnt that greenwashing sound so much better?
It's how Norway from memory tops the recycling league
"Thermal reuse" or "thermal utilization" is how its actually called.
Ohhh, this one 100 times. That nonsense about consumers' plastic straws killing all the ocean's turtles while only contributing 0.03% of all plastic pollution to the ocean, whereas commercial fishery nets constitute nearly 46% of the Pacific Garbage Patch was one of the biggest industry psyops of all time, and people fell for it hook, line and sinker (no pun intended).
This. I have opinions on waste management, please indulge a little rant, if you will?
In my city they also now have us pay for the privilege of dumping residual waste. It's worth noting that residual residential waste is stuffed into a silo - the users bring it to a collection point, and open it with an RFID key card. You're sent a bill for each time this is opened.
It's also worth noting that the plastic bin, if it looks like they can't sort it, they will toss it in general waste.
These factors combine into a situation where:
Imo, fixes would include the following: