[alt text: first, there's text over a happy Albinauric from Elden Ring saying "me when I thought recycling would save the world. second, there's text over a sad/depressed Albinauric from Elden Ring saying "me after I found out that plastic corporations invented plastic recycling to put the responsibility onto the consumer even though they knew plastic recycling was both chemically and financially not feasible, and now I have plastic in my brain, lungs, and testicles".]
Use less plastic!
You can still recycle paper, metal, cloth and other materials.
Also, plastics with resin id codes 1, 2 and 5 are very recycleable, but don't get recycled as they get disposed of with other plastics.