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> the trash company is the same as the recycling company, so it's very likely the recycle (at least some portion of it) ends up in the trash

No that doesn't make sense. If they didn't care about recycling why would they make people sort their trash in the first place?

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"If they didn't care about recycling why would they make people sort their trash in the first place?"

At least in EU, companies can get generous grants for recycling, but there's little oversight, so often "recycling" part is only on paper or small part of total waste. Few years ago there was scandal in Lithuania, because thrash companies put different containers for plastics, glass, organics etc. but everything was collected by the same truck and mixed in the same trunk.

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