This is also the future of recycling. Your soda bottle will become a toy will become part of your shoes will become...
Our current and past soda bottles have become the great pacific garbage patch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch
I think the future of recycling is going to be more largely affected by a reduction in consumption.
No need to turn into Al Gore from a lighthearted take on the future of 3D printing.
Oh, and sorry for briefly turning into Al Gore there. :P Good catch!