Had this nonsense is a slightly lesser form when I lived in Los Angeles. Had to recycle newspaper, glass and cans. And they CHARGED US for the recycling containers we were required to put the stuff in. And then they CHARGED US to pick it up. Then they PAID a company to take the collected material who then SOLD the stuff which was valuable and dumped the rest in the LANDFILL along with the rest of the garbage I had through out that week.
Only a government entity could manage to turn coercion into a money losing enterprise.
In Sacramento they got all new single person garbage trucks with the “arm” to pick up the trash. Made a BIG DEAL about the efficiency and cost savings. Then they turn around and mandate recycling. So NOW the single manned garbage truck gets followed by another truck with 3 guys on it who pick up the recyclables and put them in the proper bin on the truck. Your taxes at work......