We’ve all known for a long time, recycling is a scam for many materials. For things like aluminum, glass, and large volumes of sorted materials, such as cardboard from a big box store, recycling makes sense. Separating out that Amazon cardboard box at your house from the rest of the trash, not so much.
“We’ve all known for a long time, recycling is a scam for many materials.”
I remember hearing, years ago, that at least some of the WWII recycling drives were fake, just to get people involved in the war effort on the home front.