My point is that plastic comes from oil stored in the ground. There is nothing wrong with taking oil out of the ground, turning it into plastic, and then putting the plastic back in the ground. "Recycled" plastic packaging is much worse. Oil is taken out of ground and turned in to plastic, which is then shipped to south east Asia or Africa for recycling, Most of the plastic can't economically be recycled and ends up in the ocean due to poor sanitation standards, and then finally you get your recycled plastic packaging after the recycled plastic is shipped back to you.

Are you including cardboard with that statistic? The majority of plastic packaging (at least where I live) are absolutely not recycled

No that’s all packsging. It’s only 34% for plastic which is worst of them all.