In practice, plastic recycling can be worse than other solutions, like incineration and well managed landfills. That's when plastic is sent to "recycling" cent

In practice, plastic recycling can be worse than other solutions, like incineration and well managed landfills. That's when plastic is sent to "recycling" centers overseas, which not only burns fossil fuel getting it there, but may end up in nature instead of being recycled when no one is looking. And by overseas, I mean countries like Indonesia, China used to be one of them but they are now taking the environment a bit more seriously and are starting to refuse to greenwash western trash. Plastic recycling can make sense in a limited way, but it shouldn't hamper other efforts. The most important being avoiding dumping in in nature. And remember that plastic is carbon. Burying it where it doesn't degrade is carbon neutral (for oil based plastics) or carbon negative (for bioplastics).