Counterpoint to this doomerism, obviously region specific but TFA didn't bother specifying where in the world they're talking about with their broad brush statements about "downcycling" and "70% virgin plastic": https://www.startribune.com/recycling-real-twin-cities-minne...
Where is the contradiction in believing both that we use too much plastic and should act on individual and governmental levels to reduce it, and that sending a PET bottle to the landfill is a child's tantrum and not some heroic defiance of the plastic industry?