Recycling has nothing to do with saving the planet. It has all to do with big bucks, so much so that these waste management corps want us to keep on 'recycling' aka consuming and discarding.
Kerbside collecions in the UK collect Glass, Paper and Cans, bottle tops, Jar lids and Foil - the latter few being aka metal.
Some collect plastic and card as well but they only do that if there is money to be made by that particular council. There is no other motivation for recycling. This practice is nearly Europe wide.
Laws are being brought in even to make sure you don't throw these [s]recyclables[/s] - money making products into a general trash bin.
In the north of England they have started putting microchips into wheelie bins.
Microchips capable of assessing the weight of rubbish thrown out by each household have been quietly fitted to thousands of wheelie bins, it emerged yesterday. A string of local councils have distributed bins that can transmit information to a central database about the disposal practices of individual families.
The penny-sized microchips, first revealed by the Guardian in February, are placed in the lip of the bin and can be scanned as it is tipped into a dustcart to allow council officials to assess how many bins their refuse collectors have emptied, and to tell them apart in case of neighbour disputes. But the technology could be used more fully in the future.
The Guardian
Thing is, rather than leave tins etc in your curb side box, take them to the scrap yard yourself and be paid! Better still, go ahead of the recycling lorries and collect all the other cans from the thousands of boxes before they do. It's not illegal and will pay more than a 'proper' job.
We're being scammed, big time, in the name of the environment.
just google 'recycling is a scam'