Reforms must start with drastically curtailing the use and availability of single-use packaging. Bans on what cannot be collected and reused are necessary to drive the changes needed in the corporate sector. See Is Canada’s recycling industry broken.
Canada’s recycling industry is having its moment of reckoning with more going to landfill, less being accepted in the blue bin and the cost of going green soaring. Here is a direct video link.
Also see more sobering facts on this issue in Microplastic contamination is now everywhere.