Hello Halfpintohoney, thanks for your message. Unfortunately not all the governments in the world make the same policies on the environment.
Here in Italy, it has been recycling for over 30 years but still today there are differences between virtuous regions that collect and dispose of their waste properly and regions that don't perform their job well and so they are back in the waste disposal. I hope that politicians start thinking about the future of the next generations and begin to deal seriously with the environment.