Consumer recycling of things like packaging or paper or bottles is largely a waste of time: https://ensia.com/features/is-it-time-to-rethink-recycling/ https://

Consumer recycling of things like packaging or paper or bottles is largely a waste of time: https://ensia.com/features/is-it-time-to-rethink-recycling/ https://ensia.com/features/is-it-time-to-rethink-recycling/. The big environmental problem is CO2 and then methane emissions. Consumer recycling, apart from batteries, is giving people a chance to pointlessly feel good about themselves for doing something irrelevant.