Not All Plstic is Created Equally
Best is to produce less plastic and to reuse plastic
		Both are processes for creating plastic: one is from processing raw material such as crude oil another is from recycling used plastic, but there is a big difference between both of these, cost.
			Created Plastic		Recycled Plastic
		Average cost per lbs.	$0.54		$0.63
In 2018, only about 5% of the US plastic waste was recycled. The US government themselves does not recycle but leaves that duty to the companies. Companies themselves are looking to stay in business and they are looking for profit. Recycling for the most part is not profitable, especially unprofitable is recycling the most common plastics like plastic bags and bottle caps. For companies, it is cheaper and profitable to buy new plastic than to purchase and reuse recycled plastic. Furthermore, leaving the recycling companies in the US with no one to sell the recycled plastic to, both these cases are contributing to only about 5% of the US plastic waste being recycled. Moreover, the US is the leading plastic waste producer.
Thereby we should encourage the government to subsidize the recycling process and companies and as consumers, we should vote with our money by purchasing products from companies that reuse plastic instead of buying created new plastic, who are also willing to take a cut from their profits for the better of our Earth.
	Dove sells refill bags of their hand soap, which they state cuts plastic waste by 80%. Instead of repurchasing a whole new plastic bottle, better to reuse it and refill it.			Colgate recently introduced a new toothbrush with replaceable toothbrush heads. They claim that plastic waste is reduced by 80%. Why throw away the whole toothbrush when only the head needs to be replaced.
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