This article paints an overly gloomy picture because it is certainly possible to make plastic recycling work, like my city has already done. It is of course al

This article paints an overly gloomy picture because it is certainly possible to make plastic recycling work, like my city has already done. It is of course always preferable to try to reduce waste than need to invest in recycling - that is a given. We can always dream big about everyone switching to reusable containers and other ways to reduce plastic waste on a grand scale. But to claim that plastic recycling does not work and can not be made to work (and by logical extension is therefore not worthwhile) is akin to ignoring the present problem while proposing a pie-in-the-sky solution.