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Forget “away” being some vague concept—there’s a real place called Refuge Cay in Jamaica, buried under decades of trash, from refrigerators to tires. Massive clean-ups since 2018 have removed thousands of bags, but the problem keeps growing. Even with plastic bans, trash keeps piling up, proving cleanup alone won’t fix the crisis. The real solution? Shift from managing waste to preventing it—companies must take responsibility for their products through policies like Extended Producer Responsibility, already working in places like Germany and South Korea. Jamaica’s looking to follow suit, because the burden can’t keep falling on communities and taxpayers.

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