If plastic is as recyclable as plastic manufacturers would have us believe, we could impose a ban on the production of new plastic after a short transitional pe

If plastic is as recyclable as plastic manufacturers would have us believe, we could impose a ban on the production of new plastic after a short transitional period. Try suggesting that to anyone with an interest in the plastic production or consumption complex and see how they respond. Even if one wanted to recycle all the plastics they use, it's damn near impossible. Firstly, what is and isn't "currently" recycled is not particularly transparent to the end-user. Your local authority (or privatised collection company in the case of businesses) might have a confusing set of rules and guidelines on how to dispose of different types of plastic (which to most regular folk are just "plastic"). Whoever's collected the waste probably doesn't deal with it themselves but sells it on, and then it's a gamble as to whether that 3rd party recycles it, ships it off to a poorer territory, or just burns it.