It's interesting to read the replies in this thread because a lot of people are proposing alternative "it's just this" solutions to the same problem being solved here -- the over abundance of plastics.

But the solution can be all of these proposed "it's just this" strategies combined.

We do need a: - standardization of plastics, - a switch to alternative materials that are more compostable, - a research lab to more deeply understand the true nature of plastics and their reuse, - a tax on environmentally costly materials such as plastics, - depolymerizing, - and more...

These are all solutions to the same problem. Let's work on all of these problems simultaneously and combine them for compound effects.