I'd say it's the other way round. There's a powerful and vocal contingent in the USA/Silicon Valley/HN that hate all recycling as a matter of libertarian prin

I'd say it's the other way round. There's a powerful and vocal contingent in the USA/Silicon Valley/HN that hate all recycling as a matter of libertarian principle. It's basically a sin against the gods of free markets for any government program to fix market externalities and worse to be successful and popular. The only type of recycling they've had any real success in demonising is plastic, so they use that as a wedge to bad mouth the whole thing. Very similar process, often with the same players, with climate change.