There was plenty of waste pre-industrialization... e.g., the most basic form: feces. In some cases, industrialization made us more efficient with our waste; mod

There was plenty of waste pre-industrialization... e.g., the most basic form: feces. In some cases, industrialization made us more efficient with our waste; modern waste management plants can turn feces into methane and heat homes. Industrialization's negative effect wasn't about efficiency, it was that it allowed us to create far more stuff. Today, we go through far more single-use products than ever could have been imagined pre-industrialization. We're far more efficient about handling that waste than they were, but because we create so, so much more of it today, the net effect is more waste. So even though industrialization had a big effect, it's not for the reasons you raise. Going one step further, industrialization doesn't have to be the enemy. There could very plausibly exist a society with mass plentiful produced goods that all get easily recycled/reused. Industrialization can help here.