We are finding new ways to recycle it

This is a furphy, you cant recycle indefinitely, so lets say a 50% recycling rate (and I’ll bet it’s way less then that), you need a full replacement every …

100*.5=50% 50*.5=25% 25*.5=12.5% 12.5*.5=6.25% etc

even a unheard of 90% recycling only gives you a few more iterations.

The question never asked is ? Is this sustainable?

Looking around, the that answer to that is, no it isn’t. If you’re “solution” is recycling you’re greenwashing. Its either re-use …or don’t do it, there are no other solutions. If you recycle all you are doing is saying you have failed and you want to kick the can down the road.