A big chuck of them are being dumped anywhere that's cheap. In some countries it's cheaper to dump waste in a river or directly in the ocean. We need to stop this.
How would you design a system that guaranties all trash ends up in a proper landfill? Remember, people don't want to spend money on it. So the costs have to be part of the overall plastic life cycle not just the end.
It’s probably cheaper in every country, if you don’t consider fines. But which countries actually do it?