Over here in Belgium, recyclables are sorted by the consumer: glass by colour, paper, plastic/aluminium drink containers, compostables. Whatever is left is burn

Over here in Belgium, recyclables are sorted by the consumer: glass by colour, paper, plastic/aluminium drink containers, compostables. Whatever is left is burnt for power generation. It's not a perfect system, a lot of plastic especially ends up being burnt. But it's a pretty decent system. Please don't think that your head-in-the-sand attitude is a good one in any way. Recycling isn't perfect, but polluting oceans or landfills is a lot worse. Dead wildlife, toxic sushi, decreased land value are all real problems. And sure, getting the mileage of your gas guzzling SUVs up by 1mpg would be nice as well, but please don't delude yourself into removing all personal responsibility here.