A topic that kind of seems like an eyesore: recycling

I've been looking through the TooAfraidToAsk sub recently and it inspired me to make this post. I was wondering how come we don't do much recycling? Is it difficult? Expensive? Both? Or just don't care (but why? I want to know your thoughts!)

Personally I would recycle but it's kind of difficult to access (limited mobility). I remember one time when I was more mobile, I took my recyclables to a spot near the 290 and I saw most of their bins were just filled with anything. For example, the bin that should have all plastic in it, had wood pieces, glass and regular garbage items. It was very discouraging for me to find out that recycling isn't much enforced here. I decided to do some research and I'm getting the idea that it's just not something that is done here, and I'm curious to know how come.

Edit: to add- what do you guys do with your recyclable-eligible trash at your home? What would you do if you just threw a party and have a tonnn of salsa jars?