On Mon, 17 Jul 2017 11:41:54 -0500, Mark Lloyd
wrote:

Here, they have "curbside recycling" where they take mixed paper,
plastic, and metal (no glass). Sometimes I've wondered it it's really
just a way to get people to wash most of their trash.

Recycling is just a make work program for people unqualified to do
anything else. The only thing that actually have a cash value is
aluminum cans in most places. Paper and plastic ends up costing more
to ship than it is worth and the environmental impact is usually worse
too. Glass is really totally useless.
We should be putting aluminum and maybe steel in the recycle, paper
and plastic should be in the burn barrel (for a waste to energy plant)
and everything else should just go to the land fill either before or
after it is burned.