Never thought low oil prices would effect recycling programs, but yes, of course they would...
So now the cost of city/town recycling programs will go up.
This is a good time for states that have the bottle bill to dump it so their cities and towns can make money on aluminum put into the recycling stream instead of the 5-10cent deposit stream.
I have a machine shop and produce lots of aluminum and stainless steel chips. It costs me more to drive to the recycler in gasoline than the scrap brings in. They don’t even pick it up for free any more. In to the trash it goes without the slightest feeling of guilt.