I mean… logistically it would be more efficient if we all just recycled regardless, and then the polluters paid for the processing.
Logistically it would be more efficient if we went back to having bottle deposits (and expanded it to include other types of containers) so that the packaging would be picked up and reused, not recycled.
Logistically it would be more efficient if we went back to having bottle deposits (and expanded it to include other types of containers) so that the packaging would be picked up and reused, not recycled.
But that’s functionally the same as what I’m saying: end consumer still has to put things in the right bins and place.