Recycling is a meme created by corporations that benefit from filling the planet with junk. That little numbered recycling triangle on every plastic bottle - public relations stunt.
They even made a TV advert featuring an Italian actor as American Indian shedding a tear.
Decades ago glass bottles used to be taken back to the factory, washed and reused. These days every package is a unique shape because of marketing ensuring each package is incompatible with other brands. We need a shipping container (docker) concept for packaging. Consumers are not going to solve this problem as we're easily tricked by greenwashing produced by PR and marketing teams.