I’ve been saying for decades that if recycling made economic sense, there would be people bidding to buy my garbage. It’s always been nothing but virtue-signaling.
>> economic sense
there’s practically no economic value, but separating the waste material upfront offers the potential for improved processing at some later point.
The necessary economic value of professional sports or consuming Bud Light is non-existent, but economies are created nonetheless.
My perspective on this matter stems from the handling industrial waste. And the overall volume of waste remains the same regardless of how it’s stored — save the materials that can be reprocessed/recycled.
The everything or nothing positions are ultimately counterproductive.