It's not just that we have more of everything, its more worrying that we are a consumer society and basically use and just throw away. We have moved from the 'mend and make do' society where commodities like TV's washers etc lasted for decades, we now create so much more waste. That has to be processed, whilst we do recycle more resources, we are consuming resources at an alarming rate.
Although the Indian Court have now banned this, its been going on around India for years...........
https://www.republicworld.com/india...ps-garbage-into-river-one-suspended.html