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CMV:Recycling is pointless in 2021

Since most waste that is designated for recycling is sent to the landfill, there is no point in seperating it from other landfill-bound waste.

Also, since we are already so wasteful in the current day and age, our successors in hundreds of years will likely find reason to mine for resources in our current-day landfills (for things like lithium and copper, as well as to easily obtain petroleum products no longer available from oil extraction).  So it will eventually be recycled anyway.

I also think that recycling paper products is nearly pointless, since paper creation operations have private forests they replant, and paper decomposes. From my understanding, nothing is really wasted here.

I would imagine responses to this would vary based on the recycling program in your locale. if they are putting plastic to good use, go for it. Most recycling operations are not.

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to clarify, i am not talking about reusing containers, this is a great idea within the household/commercially like milk bottles etc. i am specifically questioning the purpouse of putting those things in a bin that will likely go to the landfill.
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I genuinely don't understand the view of 'it isn't perfect, so we should get rid of it entirely'. We still have air pollution, but no one is advocating that we stop using catalytic converters in vehicles. 

Recycling is far from perfect but it's still important. Recycled metals mean less metals being mined. Recycling glass requires less energy. Recycling plastic *that can be recycled* helps reduce overall waste. Most recyclables that end up in the landfill are either contaminated or too difficult to separate at scale.  

Sure, future generations can mine lithium from waste...after it poisons local water supplies. 

Recycling isn't supposed to be a golden solution, it's one part of the puzzle. Bigger pieces of the puzzle involve reducing your initial waste, buying products that are actually recyclable, and reusing items before recycling or binning them.