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>>10522005
only harmonious societies can pull it off.
case in point based japan. pic related, from left to right: burnable, non-burnable, takeout containers, plastic bottles, cans, bottles.
part of the reason is their islands are overpopulated, they don't have much space for landfills.
we also did it in the navy (burnable/plastics/cans), but that was also out of absolute necessity because they had to store the trash on board until they can get somewhere to dump it. which meant burning as much as possible and crushing the rest down.
it definitely won't work in america where half the population are brainlets, many of whom refuse to do it unless you pay them, and even businesses just dump their shit anywhere they want because muh profits. we had literal syringes from nearby pharmas washing up on beaches in new jersey