A big metric in the overlap of manufacturing and recycling is that, roughly, just 9% of plastics ever created have been recycled.

While a good percentage of these plastics have not been recycled because they are still in use, about 50% of yearly produced plastic is for single-use and immediately relegated as waste. Because of plastic’s wide range of use and quick production, the global economy has become addicted. 

https://masschallenge.org/articles/recycling-startups/