The United States is seemingly uniquely bad at this, thanks to - you guessed it - corporate greed. Container deposit laws work:
> The United States' overall beverage container recycling rate is approximately 33%, while states with container deposit laws have a 70% average rate of beverage container recycling.
but, of course, only ten states in the US have them:
https://theintercept.com/2019/10/18/coca-cola-recycling-plas...
The United States is seemingly uniquely bad at this, thanks to - you guessed it - corporate greed. Container deposit laws work:
> The United States' overall beverage container recycling rate is approximately 33%, while states with container deposit laws have a 70% average rate of beverage container recycling.
but, of course, only ten states in the US have them:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container_deposit_legislatio...