[fsckboy]

this is a distraction: paper and plastic, recycled or not, are not a huge pollution problem, they're just not.

they do just fine in landfills, and the world is frankly not running out of space for burying them.

There are important environmental issues to address, and exhausting everybody's patience on completely non toxic, inert or biodegradable "stuff" is missing the opportunity to focus attention on actual threats to health, safety and the future.