US States Best at Recycling ♻️

Here in Seattle, we have these giant blue bins. You can just put unsorted recycling inside them, and they are free. Meanwhile, garbage costs $1 million / pound. (Not really, but you get the point).

Well, you can guess what happens. Look inside any recycling bin and you will find green bags full of dog poop, food containers full of food, jagged pieces of metal, etc...

The idea that this is being adequately sorted is a farce. Not to mention that there is essentially zero market for post consumer plastic or paper goods.

The whole system is expensive and wasteful. We are visited by 3 separate trucks (trash, recycling, compost) increasing by a large amount the CO2 emissions from trash collection.

Just recycle the aluminum cans and be done with it I say.