Canada declares plastics toxic, paving the way for restrictions

The plastic is actually being burned in many countries nowadays, as this is considered preferable to landfill, and China is no longer importing bulk plastic that hasn't been properly sorted.

Aspirational recycling has been part of my outlook for years, until recently.

So much stuff is made of plastic. Most gifts our child receives from well-meaning relatives are plastic, and I’ve asked them for wood and other natural materials instead. It’s too easy to buy petrochemical products.

I’d like to be able to put more things into the compost or firebox after I’m done with them. Recently switched from plastic garden hose to yoking buckets of water to our food-plants.

Perhaps the most-impactful thing we individuals can do is lobby our elected officials towards controlled change, whatever your preferred method of pressure. Will y’all with that, please?