There are no countries with good waste management systems. Waste counts as recycled, if it was exported. What happens after that, nobody knows and nobody cares.

There are no countries with good waste management systems. Waste counts as recycled, if it was exported. What happens after that, nobody knows and nobody cares. Even in Europe, just a tiny amount of plastic gets recycled, most is shipped away, so that others should care about. Edit: Source: "The recycling lie" https://www.daserste.de/information/reportage-dokumentation/dokus/videos/die-recyclingluege-video-102.html https://www.daserste.de/information/reportage-dokumentation/... (german)