> recycling plastics is not cost effective This is a specious claim with an unjustified goal. Municipal waste management is not expected to be “cost effective”

> recycling plastics is not cost effective This is a specious claim with an unjustified goal. Municipal waste management is not expected to be “cost effective”. We don’t need to recycle because it’s profitable, we need to recycle to reduce plastic production and plastic waste. Of course we need to reduce demand, you’re right. We need to avoid plastics in the first place, and that should be higher priority than recycling. But there’s nothing wrong with the idea of recycling. Yes, today’s recycling is not happening as advertised. But that’s not because recycling doesn’t work, it’s because people aren’t doing it. It’s a social problem we have, not a process problem.