I put a plastic container into the recycling bin. The recycling truck picks it up, takes it to the recycling facility, who sorts it into waste plastic that they

I put a plastic container into the recycling bin. The recycling truck picks it up, takes it to the recycling facility, who sorts it into waste plastic that they can’t process. Previous purchasers of waste plastic no longer purchase it, because it is not economically viable to recycle. The recycling facility puts it on another truck which goes to the landfill. Instead of telling us this, however, the city pretends they still recycle all the plastics they accept. It would be more environmentally friendly to put the junk plastic in the trash to begin with to avoid the extra trip and sorting. If we knew what plastics couldn’t be processed, we could avoid buying them as well (as much as you can avoid buying blister wrapped products).