Hi @bigbear,
great post. I think recycling is the second best way of dealing with waste, just after avoiding it from the beginning.
I am living in Germany, where we mainly use the third best way, we burn it and use the energy from this process to generate electricity and heat. It requires a lot of technology to purify the fumes and still some residue of the incineration needs to be disposed.
I cannot understand how some regions still use landfills or so many plastic waste goes into the oceans.
The pictures in your post are truely inspiring. I think whenever I will be a father I will rather build cool stuff from old boxes than buy it.
Keep up the great work.
RE: This lady made me realise that we are not responsible for the problems in going green