Actually, very little of our plastics get recycled. Just read a report yesterday finding that less than 10% of all plastics marked recyclable are actually recycled. Most is hauled off to landfills with the rest of the trash. I know where I live we have recycle truck but it is a show only. It goes to the landfills. Just a feel good gesture to fool the folks. I take my aluminum recyclable to a recycle center myself where they pay for it. That way I know it isn't hauled as trash.