Arguably the manufacturers should be responsible for paying to collect the waste generated by their products and that in itself should be regulated to ensure they don’t take the piss. Industry has proven time and time again that they can’t be trusted with self regulation and will always choose the maximal short term profit path.

I mean if they have to dispose of it properly then they are either going to try it on with PFAS coated paper and realise there’s no way to get rid of it or they are going to find better alternatives. It hinges on real penalties, fines for companies, fines and jail time for CEO and wider C-suite for breaches.

You don’t need to ban plastics, you just regulate the people making things to have to ethically dispose of the waste generated by their products. They will pretty rapidly switch to something they can actually dispose of. The manufacturer needs to be responsible for the full life cycle of their products.