I live in Island County Washington. We still have a site that accepts cardboard, plastics, etc. but the employees there admit that it is just put in a landfill. I asked them why pretend to recycle it? Thay said it makes people feel good.
So people “feel good”. Now, isn’t that special?!
I used to sort out the recyclables, then I read a story in the paper that the city I live in sends all the stuff in the regular trash bags to a facility to be sorted for recyclables any way. So why should I bother?