Couldn’t agree more

I’m not saying we shouldn’t recycle, we of course should. But most local recycling plants don’t have that capability.

And the biggest problem are plastics - glass and metal materials are much more forgiving.

Raw materials is not what we’re talking about here. Local recycling plants are not processing raw materials - that’s a completely different process. They are very limited systems designed to process consumer materials.

Not as much as you think. Many of the recyclable materials you mentioned are “contaminated” with the contents they were used to deliver because folks don’t wash them well enough. It’s not their fault; we’re told to “rinse” the materials, but they really have to be fully washed, a tough task for many of those cans with crevices and ridges that are often missed. Other contaminants include throwing in what you think is the correct metal or plastic, but it’s not, and that ruins a whole batch.

As usual, John Oliver says it best.

That one I got back in the 80s as a kid where I could change the channels and turn off TVs everywhere I went. Man that was super fun.

One of the best small phones still available.

You’re forgetting that the house always wins