Many manufacturers have taken steps in the right direction, phasing out unnecessary plastic films, and switching out plastic tubs and tubes with more easily recyclable materials, or compostable options.
Behind them stood a blond woman of about forty-five, with a wide grin and her arms stretched out like a large bird of prey and an overflowing plastic bucket in each hand.
I sat on a large barrel of blue plastic, watching them, wondering when we could go home. When Dad would stop talking about the Illuminati. When Mother would stop leaving the room whenever Dad entered it.