On: Ocean plastics: How much do rich countries contribute by shipping their waste?

[tomp]

Your country’s government scammed citizens out of 25 cents for each bottle they buy, and brainwashed them (you?) that plastic can be recycled.

Hint: plastic cannot be recycled. Burning it is carbon positive. Burying it underground is closer to carbon neutral. We should bury plastic bottles.

[TheSpiceIsLife → tomp]

Not all plastics are the same.

Aren't the majority of plastic drink bottles made from PET, which has high recyclability?

I agree that many plastic waste products should be burried.

[Ancalagon → tomp]

Not sure why you're being downvoted. This is the truth and honestly the best course of action at this point.