[The Great RJ]

I remember when we had to separate our recyclables for collection. It was a pain in the posterior, but it probably made recycling more efficient. I am happy to just dump my recyclables unsorted in the blue bin, but realize that I am paying more in taxes for the privilege and most of what I am recycling may well end up in landfills anyway.

[Hiryusan]

Here is a question for the more resource minded on the board:

We all know all these recyclables must be delivered in clean condition. How much total water is used to clean recyclables prior to drop off?

statewide?
In California?
Since the program began a quarter century ago?

Could this be causing some of the other publicized problems we hear about these days??