Putting plastic in a landfill is not a crisis. Sending it to Asia to be processed out in the open where storms carry it off to sea is. Just throw your plastic i

Putting plastic in a landfill is not a crisis. Sending it to Asia to be processed out in the open where storms carry it off to sea is. Just throw your plastic in the garbage like I started doing after watching Plastic China. Spread the word. If you could be assured it would be burned, then separating it would make some sense, but as long as we're looking for a cheap feel-good moment from the recycling bin, there is no assurance of what will happen to it. A properly designed landfill is the best place for plastic right now, unless it can be shredded and mixed with bunker oil to provide a cheap fuel -- that might actually make it more valuable.