My local recycling program no longer accepts almost all plastic recycling due to China blocking shipments because what they were getting from plastic container loads were too contaminated. No thanks!
I'm not exaggerating when I say that your comment shocked me.
If your municipal authority offers 'tours' of landfill facilities I'd urge you to sign-up for one. The scale is staggering.
In Northern Ireland, with fewer than 2 million inhabitants, we have one of the highest recycling rates in Europe ( about 40% ) yet still 400,000 tonnes of waste goes to landfill very year. 200kg per capita
The USA generates roughly twice as much waste per capita...