This is a tricky question because most plastic is not easily recyclable. Companies have even gone as far as to hijack the recycle logo for their resin code. [1

This is a tricky question because most plastic is not easily recyclable. Companies have even gone as far as to hijack the recycle logo for their resin code. [1] Resin codes #3 , #4, #5, #6 and #7 are generally tougher to recycle and are not universally collected in local recycling programs. [2] If in doubt, get a tour of your landfills recycling center and watch closely what is happening. Most of the sorted plastic ends up in the landfill. I do not envy the workers that have to smell this stuff all day long. If our goal is to get companies to recycle all the resin types then they would either need a substantial tax cut to incentivize it or they would have to be required to do it and the costs would be passed onto the consumer. This probably sounds great in theory but experience tells me companies will fight this and game the system every step of the way. Perhaps I have become opti-pessimistic [3] with age. So along that line I think the question should be broadened to include all material, not just plastic alone. If I buy a 150lb AGM battery and 200lbs of solar panels that are now defective then perhaps the company should provide a list of drop-off locations I can bring them to instead of me having to take them to the dump and pay to drop off hazardous material. I believe it should be on the manufactuer to figure out what can be recycled and get a tax cut based on the percentage of materials they can prove they have properly recycled. Maybe we should even get a rebate for some of the materials just like what is done with metals today. [1] - https://polychem-usa.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/SPI-Resin-identification-codes.jpg https://polychem-usa.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/SPI-Resi... [2] - https://plasticactioncentre.ca/directory/plastic-by-the-numbers/ https://plasticactioncentre.ca/directory/plastic-by-the-numb... [3] - Obscure reference to LOIS BBS