You think you do something good with recycling ? Newsflash, recycling never existed on a "large" scale before somebody create a business from it.
I don't think recycling is the answer from the standpoint of conserving resources.....but at this point, if recycling it keeps it out of the landfills......so be it.
You drive no economy at all. The capitalists do, and one against the other. Hence the anarchy, the waste, the aberrations and the conflicts.
If you don't think 'our' need for convenience and luxury isn't playing a huge role in this....I think that's naive. I think it all starts on a more basic level....and that's with the consumers.