You speak the truth. "Recycling" is mostly a sham, that we allow to soothe our consciences for living such an unsustainable lifesytle.

A close friend of mine gained a Masters's degree in the subject, intending to work towards our new utopian recycling society, and even he doesn't complain any more when I tell him that the best thing we can do with our "Recycling" is highly controlled incineration and heat extraction.