[mikestew]

In my city it's public knowledge...

As in, a URL that you could post or something? Because if Redmond, WA came out and made it "public knowledge" that Waste Management was tossing our plastic straight into the landfill, someone's getting a spanking. Now, that's not to say that it doesn't happen, I'm just questioning that any municipality would be so upfront as to make public want many already suspect. But if that's actually the case, I'd love to read up.

[noughtme]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-recycling-p...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/enquete-recycling-pl...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/recycling-glass-eigh...

[ZeroGravitas]

None of these links back up your initial allegation.

They mostly talk about a recycling center that is producing low quality recyclables with other materials mixed in because they've had issues with their sorting machines, currently involving a lawsuit with the manufacturer.

The closest parallel is the use of crushed mixed glass as landfill cover, which is down-cycling, since they'd need to buy sand instead, which crushed glass is a substitute for.

[mikestew]

Thank you for going to the effort to post links. However, I wasted my time on the first link only to find that it doesn't support your assertion. I will assume the other two links are equally unsupportive of your point (and sibling comment confirms).