The solution to plastic is to put is in a landfill. Burning it is bad because it's effectively a fossil fuel, but pumping oil to make plastic isn't inherently b

The solution to plastic is to put is in a landfill. Burning it is bad because it's effectively a fossil fuel, but pumping oil to make plastic isn't inherently bad and the Earth has enough oil left that we'll essentially never run out if all we use it for is plastic. Plastic in a landfill, when properly managed, doesn't have any negative impact on the environment. The real problem is places that don't have effective garbage disposal, so the plastic ends up in rivers/oceans. A good start to fixing this problem is to ban exporting plastic waste. We should stop pretending that paper and plastic can be recycled, and save our recycling stream for high-value materials like glass and metal.