>most packaging is very cheap ...in part because the manufacturer doesn't pay the cost of plastic pollution, or leached persistent organotoxins, or microplasti

>most packaging is very cheap ...in part because the manufacturer doesn't pay the cost of plastic pollution, or leached persistent organotoxins, or microplastics. Is the solution as simple as a tax on all plastics (funding ocean/land cleanup of existing pollution), plus a universal per-item deposit to ensure that future plastics get separated correctly and returned?