[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by CFrance

"There’s only one real solution, these experts say: make and consume less plastic."

We must make and consume less plastic, but that requires cooperation by the companies that package goods in plastic.

In Ontario, probably everywhere in Canada, there is a five-cent charge for plastic bags.
A shopper quickly gets used to providing their own cloth bags.

In Ontario, we have four streams of recycling, compost and garbage.
Obviously the intent is to increase recycling and composting because containers are provided by the City.

Garbage is picked up every two weeks, and one quickly gets used to that. A garbage tag is provided by the City.
If you have more garbage, you need to buy additional tags.

Compost is picked up once a week. Compost (in a compostable bag) contains paper towels, as well as fruit peels, meat bones, etc. There is a small container provided for under the sink and a larger container for the garage.
Of course, a shopper has to buy compostable bags for each container.

Recycling is also picked up once a week, and the first container is for paper and cardboard.

The other recycling container is for plastics, cans, milk cartons, plastic food cartons, etc. The bad stuff.

We need cooperation by the companies that package stuff in plastic.
Otherwise, sadly, we will continue down the same path.