This man put a GPS tracker in his recycling. Here's where it ended up

[Aussie105]

2. The stumbling block with recycling:

There has to be a profit in it, after transport and sorting costs.

The non-profitable stuff goes to landfill.

The soft plastics recycling here in Australia fell flat on its face, no buyers for it.
And not enough of a market for anything made from recycled stuff. Rough toilet paper made from recycled paper, at a higher price than the virgin wood toilet paper?

It was initially stockpiled, waiting for a buyer, then some 'mysterious' fires broke out in the storage facilities.

Need to use less plastics and more stuff that can be recycled - glass, metals.
Or composted - paper, degradable plastics.