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It's as if Detroit built cars, but the government wouldn't build any roads or pass any traffic laws. That's the current state of waste management in the United States - no federal infrastructure and no federal standards. No wonder recycling can't "compete" with waste disposal.

What happened to the 1976 Solid Waste Disposal Act? Other than to mandate mega landfills and encourage the use of waste incinerators ... not much. The 'state plan' provisions of the Act requires the states to come up with their own plans to maximize recycling and minimize waste. That was not a particularly good plan, but it isn't happening regardless. As with many other environmental laws, there's no enforcement of existing laws by the EPA.  

Waste management in the U.S. is in a state of anarchy with no effective federal plan or infrastructure in place to maximize recycling and minimize waste.  America's treatment of waste is the "free market" at its worst.