Yes, based on what I've read. Less than 5% of the plastic that consumers place in recycling bins actually gets recycled. The rest is shipped to other countries, who then dump it in the ocean. When you throw plastic in the garbage it ends up in a domestic landfill. Landfills certainly aren't ideal, but at least we know where it is, and it's better than the ocean.

It's more like "Let's stop using plastic instead of patting ourselves on the back with a bandaid solution." I know this can be hard for people who equate their environmental consumer habits with = "I'm a good person" and in turn make it out to be a personal attack, even though it isn't.

Consider investing in a personality outside of environmental moral superiority and the switch to cardboard will be easy for you, barely an inconvenience.