[NeedMoreTea]

You do know that the vast majority of First world recycling is sent to those places for "recyling", right?

That it's being chucked carelessly into a river there isn't unduly surprising, but does not mean much of it isn't "our" fault.

[BurningFrog]

This report from Columbia University Earth Institute claims it mostly goes to landfills: https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/31/what-happens-to-all...