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Yep, the biggest barrier to recycling is laziness. As you note, many people through out recyclables in the trash here, even though we have recycling bins near the dumpsters!
And even more so is that the recycling here doesn't have to be separarted--paper, plastic metal, and glass all go in the been and get sorted at the recycling center. Were I lived before it was like yours, with paper in one bin and everything else in the other.
Really no excuse for the laziness given how easy it is. I just keep some paper shopping bags around, and put my recyclable in them and chuck them in the recyling bin on my way to work etc. when the bag is full.
So yeah, I can imagine recycling is very seldomly done in the US in places that have no pick up and people have to drive it to a recycling center.
Also thanks to the posters above for the links to look up recycling locations for products. I have bunch of dead AA/AAA batteries I need to recycle sometime.
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