I had to look up the numbers for Germany but they're around the same around the world, sometimes worse. I live in Japan which also boasts a very high high recy

I had to look up the numbers for Germany but they're around the same around the world, sometimes worse. I live in Japan which also boasts a very high high recycling rate, but the vast majority of the plastic just gets incinerated. Here whenever it comes up in the news, they claim that since different types of waste needs to be burnt at different temperatures, it's still worth it since it makes the incineration (which is used to generate heat or electricity) more efficient.