>Why is that bad? It's not like we're running out of landfill space (at least in the US), and it's not like plastic in a landfill leeches chemicals into the dri

>Why is that bad? It's not like we're running out of landfill space (at least in the US), and it's not like plastic in a landfill leeches chemicals into the drinking water or something. Because it's not all going into landfills, it's ending up as litter and giant floating pallets of plastic in the middle of the ocean. >I don't think anyone was fooled into thinking that plastics were biodegradable. No, but metal, glass, and paper are all either recyclable or biodegradable or both.