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Assuming the trash isn't incinerated, which it probably will be in the case of biohazards. It should be taxed at extraction, because there is no way to accurately track the full life cycle of the plastic. The tax can be refunded at the time of recycling, assuming it gets recycled, which the vast majority of plastic isn't. At least currently.