The larger point is that we have to reduce consumption to make a dent in climate change. The old slogan was "reduce, reuse, recycle" where reduce and reuse come

The larger point is that we have to reduce consumption to make a dent in climate change. The old slogan was "reduce, reuse, recycle" where reduce and reuse come first. But that requires giving up luxuries or learning to repair stuff which is much harder than sorting your trash a little bit while continuing the same consumption patterns - I think that's why reduce/reuse are largely forgotten now and the focus is on recycling. Meanwhile there's data showing most stuff thrown in recycling ends up as trash anyways because sorting and recycling is prohibitively laborious and expensive in most cases.