The following articles discuss the actual state of recycling in the world.  Reading through the articles makes it clear that recycling is as much a PR project as an actual solution.  It will take effort and time on your part to put pressure on companies and government take steps to make recycling work as it should.

• Wishful Recycling – A Guilt Eraser
• The World Is Studded With Artificial Mountains
• America has a recycling problem. Here’s how to solve it
• Is the Myth of Plastic Recycling Finally Being Exposed? – The New American
• Plastic bags from Walmart US recycling bins tracked to controversial plastic facilities in Southeast Asia – ABC News
• Think that your plastic is being recycled? Think again. – MIT Technology Review
• Recycling was a lie – a big lie – to sell more plastic, industry experts say – CBC News Canada
• Plastic Recycling is a Lie – Earth Day Org
• Recycling Lies: “Chemical Recycling” of Plastic Is Just Greenwashing Incineration – Natural Resources Defense Council
• Plastic Recycling is a Lie Designed to Distract Us from Real Solutions – Just Zero
• What You Need to Know About the Recycling Lie – Palanan
• Plastic industry knew recycling was a farce for decades yet deceived the public, report reveals – Euro News
• Beyond Plastics: The Myths And Truths About Recycling, And Potential Solutions – Forbes
• Challenging Big Oil’s Big Lie about Plastic Recycling – Scientific American
• Plastic Recycling Doesn’t Work and Will Never Work – The Atlantic
• Debunking the myths about recycling – Sustainability
• These household brands want to redefine what counts as “recyclable” – ARS TECHNICA
• U.S. tosses 300 lbs. of plastic per person annually. Why we’re getting worse at recycling
• Nestle Shifted Critical Recycling Goal and Revealed Scale of Plastics Problem – Bloomberg
• Time to Rethink Plastic Recycling – OECD
• Researchers find many ‘green labels’ fall short of sustainability promises – ICIJ
• Environmental auditors approve green labels for products linked to deforestation and authoritarian regimes – ICIJ
• 7 benefits of recycling – Friends of the Earth