The underlying problem is that manufacturers of things we buy have been permitted to "externalize" part of their supply chain cost (onto the rest of us).
So the fix would be to un-do that : if you sell something, you have to take back all the waste and packaging.
Probably not going to happen, but this is the real problem.
Or just charge manufacturers a "packaging tax" based on weight and composition of any materials included with a product but not part of said product. You could use the money to pay for better sorting of the waste stream.
So the fix would be to un-do that : if you sell something, you have to take back all the waste and packaging.
Probably not going to happen, but this is the real problem.