That article is really interesting. I wonder what the effect of food delivery is having on the recycling/waste industry in other countries? I know that a lot of the food delivery services here have opt-in toggle buttons for plastic cutlery. But a lot of the food still arrives in plastic containers.

I was surprised to read this:

People in China still generate less plastic waste, per capita, than Americans.

Though less surprised to read that lax waste management policies don't stop the waste from leaving landfills (when it actually makes it there...)

The government now wants a recycling industry that doesn’t spoil the environment or sicken workers.

Wouldn't that be nice? We can't even seem to get that right here.

A few months back, the EPA in my state had to ban a recycling company from accepting any more waste at three of their locations. They'd stockpiled such a huge amount of material that in order to regain compliance with safety regulations and their licence conditions, they had to send tonnes of recyclables to landfill.