How much of the recycled material really gets recycled?

Question

How much of the recycled material really gets recycled?

Answer 1

I work at recycle plant in maryland

10% of the load is the bluebags & trash

plastic bags

never decay for 500 years

aluminum cans 25%

plastic containers 35%

glass 25%

tin 5%

newspapaers and cardboard are 100%

very little waste

Answer 2

In some cases none. There was a co. that got a grant for a recycle center . They started a business and collected all kinds of stuff and then they were gone. The county haled all of it to the trash.