It is true that there are subsidies for companies producing plastics, but when we talk about the funding of recycling systems, it is the manufacturers that choose plastics for their packaging or any other purpose that should be—I wouldn't use the word “subsidizing”—investing in systems to collect and recycle that material.
The subsidies for the plastic manufacturing sector are a separate discussion from the investments that product manufacturers need to make in collecting and recycling systems. Those investments need to come from the private sector companies that are using packaging. They need to pay for the systems to collect and recycle that material and the investments in innovation and technology.