I can only assume that burning fossil fuel represent an order of magnitude bigger problem than burning soft plastic. So until we have phased out fossil fuels it seems relatively unproblematic to burn plastic?
I think it’s a problem to lie to people about what’s happening with their “recycled” goods.
Sure it's a lie which is bad, but collecting soft plastic separately may still be a net win for society so how do we give a simple enough explanation for the nuance?
Yeah, this seems fine to me. I believe my general waste is also incinerated though so I wish they'd encourage adding the soft plastics to that to simplify recycling - it might lead to more hard plastics being recycled!