I used to feel bad when I had a plastic container of a type that my town didn't recycle. Then China stopped accepting a lot of our "recyclables", a move that put a lot more scrutiny on the industry and what really happens. Apparently paper is only a little better, especially since 2018. Glass & aluminum though are supposedly well utilized, though notable in that their raw materials already require-- and can sustain-- being molten down to liquids in a process that gets rid of the dirty bits we leave on them.