What government program that spends taxpayers money buying something is not just rife with fraud but ripe for it? Zero, zilch, none.
And today, is there any reason for government recycling, if, “used” plastics and aluminum ARE economically efficient for container makers to use? And if so, then isn’t it worth it for commercial recyclers to buy it, themselves, and wouldn’t they do a better job than the government at insuring THEY were not defrauded.
What is it that government takers of the used platic and aluminum do? Don’t they just sell it to the actual industrial users of it?
Why not let the packaging industry run the “recycling” programs, offering their own rewards for used plastic and aluminum - and get the government and taxes out of it.
Because it is not profitable. It costs the taxpayers a lot of money to recycle. Of course, it also creates plenty of government union jobs, which help funnel money to get Democrats elected.