Recycling plastic is a greenwashing con that is designed to deflect from citizens demanding a reduction in the use of plastics. At this point, there is pretty

Recycling plastic is a greenwashing con that is designed to deflect from citizens demanding a reduction in the use of plastics. At this point, there is pretty much only one material that is actually recycled, because it is easy and profitable to do so: aluminum. We should eb enouraging manufacturers to adopt either aluminum or cardboard for all their packaging (the latter is not recyclable in practice, but at least is sequesters carbon). By encourage, I mean ban plastic packaging outright or impose draconian taxes on it.