A proper policy dictates:
The plastic credit market is currently the "Wild West" compared to established financial markets. plastic credits
Crucially, there is a hierarchy of credit types, ranging from low-value collection credits (which may send plastic to co-processing) to higher-value recycling credits (which return plastic to the supply chain). A proper policy dictates: The plastic credit market
Plastic credits are a , not a permanent solution. They are useful in the same way a lifeboat is useful—it keeps you afloat, but you shouldn't live in it. the infrastructure for waste collection exists
In many developing nations, the infrastructure for waste collection exists, but the funding does not. Plastic credits inject private capital into these systems, often paying waste pickers fair wages and formalizing the informal economy.