The general problem is that new plastic is cheaper to produce than recycled plastic is to re-use. So, something like preciousplastic doesn't occur wide spread

The general problem is that new plastic is cheaper to produce than recycled plastic is to re-use. So, something like preciousplastic doesn't occur wide spread because it's more expensive and therefore worse under a capitalistic model. You'd need to add a tax to new plastic to change that fact.