90% of plastic is not recycled

https://www.cnn.com/videos/opinions/2021/08/13/how-much-recycling-gets-recycled-sutter-me-orig.cnn

I've been telling Mrs. NoCo this for years, ever since I saw a documentary about six years ago that China has stopped accepting American plastic waste because there's no longer a market for recycled products. She insists on rinsing out plastic bottles and putting them in the recycle. I tell her to just throw them away.