Make plastic is very cheap and easy, and consumers love it. Unfortunately it is very costly to sort plastics and the recycling process degrades the material, so at best it can survive reprocessing only once or twice. Much of the "recycling" that you see in your community ends up in a landfill.
But the beat goes on: it's cheaper than ever to produce and plastics are more convenient than ever. Can we break our addiction? I'm not counting on that happening soon!
