Have you noticed more packaging materials made from plastic having a 'no recycling' symbol on them?

I don't know. I sometimes spend minutes looking and looking and looking for a number. Yes. Sometimes I fail. (I'm not quite so attractive or young as this guy, ha.)




And my city's recycling program only accepts numbers 1 and 2. But I have countless big bags of other- numbers-recyclable items that I've not yet taken somewhere that will accept them.

No.   I buy as little plastic as possible.  I will choose a product over a competitor simply because the packaging is not plastic.  I don't study plastic though; I just throw it away.

I have never understood why all plastic is not recyclable.

Soft plastics (LDPE) such as clingfilm are generally not recyclable. Hard plastics can be, but unless a number is stamped into it, it is too difficult (and expensive) to identify the type of plastic and thus the correct recycling procedure.

No. But our McDonald's has went from plastic cups to paper and from paper wrapped straws to plastic wrapped straws. (Straws are still plastic)

All of the answers are irrelevant, since only a small percentage of plastics are actually recycled.

That's because most aren't recyclable.  In this state only a couple of plastic items can be recycled. WM put cameras in their trucks so if you have anything they don't want in your recycle bin they fine you.  Recycling has become a joke.

Rules vary and can be too complicated to bother with. 

In theory a 'no recycling' label should help, but I seriously doubt that it doesn't cope with variations between jurisdictions.