> While things hsve improved greatly in recycling, there was a time in Germany where people were asked to diligently sort their waste, the recycling companies

> While things hsve improved greatly in recycling, there was a time in Germany where people were asked to diligently sort their waste, the recycling companies were caught simply incinerating or dumping to foreign garbage markets. It looked like it worked, people thought they were being good citizens to learn years later it was a scam of sorts. That's not in the past; it still happens across Europe. A lot of "recycling" is actually just shifting carbon emissions from Europe to developing nations.