I toured the Recology recycling facility a few months ago. The sorting technology is impressive, but the amount of material that they remove and send to the landfill had me questioning the efficacy of the program.

It sucks to push the packaging crimes of businesses onto consumers, but I think improving the public's understanding of what can and cannot be recycled can still have a massive impact on the effectiveness of recycling programs.

San Francisco has a great website to help you figure out what goes in which bin: https://sfrecycles.org/

(Note that you can recycle fabrics -- this isn't possible through most recycling programs!)