In my county recyclables were being dutifully collected but were just being disposed of like ordinary garbage. The market had collapsed so actual recycling was no longer efficient. The green gangsters threw a fit because the failure of the program was kept secret from the public who kept washing, flattening and segregating their recyclables thinking they would be rewarded in eco-heaven. People’s expectations of government run solutions are hilarious.
In our borough, we had a private company handling recycling. they issued heavy blue plastic bags for co-mingled recyclables and picked them up curbside once a week with an ordinary high cube van.
The borough assembly saw a private company making money that they felt belonged to them. They fired the private company, bought a brand new special truck and a few thousand large blue bins to go with the special truck, hired several more people and raised taxes.
Immediately, they required us to separate out glass and bring it to the collection point ourselves because the special truck and special bins could not handle it (???). No pick up.
Two years later, the program is costing too much and will be cancelled.
Anyone in the market for a slightly used special truck and three thousand large blue plastic bins that go with it? You will have to pay for shipping from Alaska...