in japan, plastics like containers are almost always to be sorted out (and cleaned beforehand) and collected on specific days but more often than not, they jus

in japan, plastics like containers are almost always to be sorted out (and cleaned beforehand) and collected on specific days but more often than not, they just stay there and aren't "collected" until the next raw garbage (food etc) and basically burned with everything else cans, pet bottles, cardboard, all taken at the day they are supposed to, but plastic isn't most of the time... and its likely the exact same reasons as the article says: its (sadly) a waste