you’re sorely missing what my point could be if you think it’s nihilism / hah fine to be wasteful, another spin on the individualist solution making I attacked in my comment
> Despite this, three former top officials, who have never spoken publicly before, said the industry promoted recycling as a way to beat back a growing tide of antipathy toward plastic.
And in doing so they get to repeat their "plastic recycling doesn't work" rhetoric.
As soon as you force the producers to pay for disposal and let them figure out how best to do it, recycling suddenly, magically becomes the cheapest option.
You had a problem with me saying that big oil campaigned for recycling which is exactly what the article says
> Recycling, the former officials told NPR and Frontline, became a way to preempt the bans and sell more plastic
> "The feeling was the plastics industry was under fire, we got to do what it takes to take the heat off, because we want to continue to make plastic products," Thomas says.
> Despite this, three former top officials, who have never spoken publicly before, said the industry promoted recycling as a way to beat back a growing tide of antipathy toward plastic.
And in doing so they get to repeat their "plastic recycling doesn't work" rhetoric.
As soon as you force the producers to pay for disposal and let them figure out how best to do it, recycling suddenly, magically becomes the cheapest option.
https://www.wastedive.com/news/2021-state-extended-producer-...