Envirology

The Question in LinkedIn Green group was: "Should the (US) plastic manufacturing industry stop the use of bioplastics and oxy-degradable plastics because they are likely to pollute existing waste streams and jeopardize the recycling process?"

I would like to ask the provocative question why we have to throw something away to make something new out of it in the first place?

When we are talking about sustainability and use of resources and land, etc, we unfortunately have to talk about a red herring called "birth control" - or "birth rates" to be more political correct.
We cannot expect the world population to grow infinitely in a limited world with limited resources. More land for more people results in less land to grow food or to maintain a working eco system.