Most of it just winds up in a landfill anyway (or shipped to the 3rd world where it will be handled with the utmost care and responsibility, as someone above stated). Aluminum is the big exception, as it is quite profitable to recycle.*Recycling’s a nice idea, and can be useful, but the way it is implemented in the US is mostly a tax kickback scam for the trash companies and State / local governments.
Yes. The perspective in that first panel is brilliant!