[CaptainYooh]

All this insanity stems for thoughtless brainwashing. The public's and, subsequently, politicians' perception must change from "We recycle, because it feels good!" to "We recycle, only when it makes economic sense". The only materials that make economic sense recycling are metals and, more specifically for now, aluminum. At least, businesses can break even recycling and re-selling aluminum. Recycling everything else - doesn't make any financial sense and, as we see, now, it doesn't make any environmental sense either; all the stuff we carefully collect, wash and deposit in our blue bins ends up in garbage landfills anyway. Even well-developed countries can no longer feasibly recycle the crap we generate. Poor countries just dump their garbage wherever they can.

The only rational answers seem to be obvious:
1) The world needs to acknowledge the sheer stupidity of recycling for the sake of recycling; it's just dumb. Industries and new technologies seem perfectly capable to supply all of the worlds paper, glass and plastic needs (the supply concern), while the recycling industry cannot process the garbage being generated (the accumulation concern).

2) Invest in combined powerful incineration and heat-generated electricity production facilities near all major urban centres. Research how to make them clean and efficient. Why is it not being done and, even more surprising, why is it not being openly and vocally pushed?