This is interesting stuff.
Good thing those vials didn't show up at a facility in Canada. We would have hired people to de-cap them, after doing an extensive background check on each applicant to make sure he/she is "nice". The vials would then be washed using an environmentally-friendly product and process which would do absolutely nothing to get them clean. After they were processed, the Royal Commission that had been created to study the entire procedure would finally bring in its results...which would require the plastic to be re-processed in some way that actually works.
The system would be re-vamped, re-worked and re-started from scratch. Meanwhile, another group of people would be enlisted to send personal letters of apology to every man, woman and child on Earth, explaining that we are taking so much time because we care about the environment.
Meanwhile, back at the recycling facility, another Royal Commission would quietly release its findings...which would show that the plastic being used, if fed as an exclusive diet to rats for 12 generations, would cause cancer. Everything would grind to a halt; after months of careful deliberation, during which time the mountain of plastic would be stored in a secure government facility under extreme high security...it would be determined that there was no feasible way to recycle it. A convoy of Canadian Armed Forces trucks would deliver it to...a landfill, probably on the other side of the continent. The nearby community would accept a lump sum payment to handle the stuff; it would then sue the government for endangering the local residents.
Of course, CBC would have gotten wind of the whole fiasco by this time. There would be TV specials hosted by prominent environmentally-conscious spokespersons, explaining how every Canadian was now personally responsible for destroying the planetary biosphere. They would be MC'd by David Suzuki, who would bring his dog-and-pony show across Canada in a tour bus that emits as much carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and other nasty fumes as the entire air force and army vehicle pools combined.
Taxes would need to be raised to pay for this debacle. Legislation would be passed banning the use of plastic vials. Hands would be wrung; tears shed. Oh, my, we're Canadians...what will we do if people don't like us?