It's the law in some states like Connecticut. We have to separate our trash in recyclables and trash.

I should mention too that when I was married, the wife and I had some pet rabbits. After years of just throwing out their "waste" along with their straw bedding, uneaten hay and other food scraps, I decided to start a compost pile in the garden. That pile got almost as tall as me by the next spring. However I never got to use it as it was around that same time the wife decided she wanted a divorce so I had to move out.

It's pretty much mandatory in NY. We have regular trash bins and then a recyclable bin. Pretty simple. No separating really. NY Sanitation Department picks it up once a week and twice a week for regular trash.

I recyle aluminum cans and other metals.

Luckily we have municipal recycling. Just curb it and they do the rest.

The city of Tampa has a recyclable pick-up once a week. It takes all forms of pater, metals, glass, and plastic bottles

There is a great center real close to where I live, and they have huge bins for everything.
A lot of people around here use it too. That's nice to see.

Life-long recycler, here. Welcome to the your next step in sustainable living! Finding centers that take everything is hard. So good for you for searching out the place that will take your glass! 4s and 5s are hard to recycle as there isn't much market force for them and they are some of the least pure plastics. Also, cereal bags are totally fine to be recycled with paper board! They are just waxed paper essentially. That little fact was straight from the mouth of a recycling plant manager! All my best!

We get a curbside recycling bin from our trash removal company. All types of glasses, metals, plastics, papers, and cardboards are accepted. We also pay a 5 cent deposit on each metal, glass, or plastic beverage container so we save those separately in order to reclaim our deposit. We have 8 people in our household, so we get about $100 in returned deposits every 3 months or so.

Yup. Same as you; used to be they took "mixed household plastics" #s 3-7, but no more--thanks, "market conditions" (sad trombone). Glass goes elsewhere. Aluminum cans are stockpiled for a year or so until there's $20 worth or so and then they go to yet another place.

Bf used to give me shit for rinsing, draining, and crushing aluminum soda cans ("waste" of water and time, grumble grumble)...until I triumphantly reported that the guy at the center gave me an extra 2¢ per lb and a fist bump because he was so impressed with the ease with which my clean, neat cans fell into the hopper.

I grew up sorting and recycling everything: I was a kid when mandated city recycling was implemented in Duluth, MN, and I remember the change. I felt like I went back in time when I moved to MT and found that recycling is optional and either a PITA or costly--instead of a city service.

As much as I can, I try to choose products that have less and/or recyclable packaging.

Lovers? All the time... Don't we all?

I've been recycling for years. I've moved several times. It always amazes me that one take this and won't take that and another will do the opposite. If it's recyclable in Cleveland it should be in Houston - right?

Yes, as much as I can

Here in the UK, most (if not all) local authorities provide two household waste bins; one for ordinary household waste and one for recyleables. My local authority also collects glass once a month. Additionally, I pay a small monthly fee for a bin for garden waste, which the council collects fortnightly and turns into compost.

My supermarket delivery also takes back their plastic shopping bags and recycles them.