Sure, plastics are wonderful materials. The problem is that they are too good for their price. And that's the folly: plastics are simply too cheap. Because of

Sure, plastics are wonderful materials. The problem is that they are too good for their price. And that's the folly: plastics are simply too cheap. Because of that, we treat plastic things as disposable, which is how most of plastic waste is produced. There is a very simple way to address plastic pollution: make plastic expensive again. Even a minor measure like a 10-cent tax on a bag is disproportionately effective. To put it in context, if you forgot how much we are willing to pay for a bag, stop by a bag store. An expensive application of plastic (medical, etc) won't be affected much, if at all, by a plastic tax. So I still don't know why we're not doing it big time. Oh wait, I do know, it's greed[1]. As usual, the profits from such misuse if plastics will be privatized, and the losses socialized (we'll all pay for cleanups with tax money and/or suffer from pollution). [1]https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2019/01/08/plastic-industry-group-opposes-memphis-bag-fee.html https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2019/01/08/plastic-...