> I didn't know that when I buy something from a super market I pre-pay for the recycling - which made me feel stupid since we pay extra in admin-costs in our b

> I didn't know that when I buy something from a super market I pre-pay for the recycling - which made me feel stupid since we pay extra in admin-costs in our building for this You're probably paying for trash collection, not the recycling itself, and you're paying for the disposal of the non-recyclable trash.