Here's the problem - no one is recycling at anywhere close to scale. This stuff was getting shipped halfway across the world, enough was recycled to make it seem like it was being recycled. But in reality, it ended up in a landfill anyways, just after being shipped around the world

Paper is the only thing that has seen any real recycling, and if it's not single stream it's probably not happening at all.

Coca cola and Pepsi sold us the lie of plastic manufacturing when they were being threatened with regulation - it's never been practical