A future without plastic

Now that we know for sure that plastic recycling is one of the major causes of microplastics being everywhere (https://quillette.com/2024/06/17/recycling-plastic-is-a-dangerous-waste-of-time-microplastics-health/, I don't agree with it 100%, but still), we really have to put an effort on 1: finding plastic substitutes; 2: process existing plastic in other ways.

1: for instance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-cnoSAaUa8

2: better ways to capture and transform harmful gases when incinerating plastic, more R&D on enzymes that can eat plastic, etc.

PS: I took a hard blow when I came to know about plastic recycling being such an important source of microplastics, because I'm all for recycling and taking care of the planet and our health. It just sucks…