Now that I think of it, I vaguely remember reading somewhere that when the govt initially introduced the recycling bins, they did not have any kind of collecting and re-using facilities in place so they knew from day one that all separated waste would be collected and dumped in the landfill along with all regular waste.
Their logic apparently was that they wanted to first see were Honkies willing to separate their waste, and then if it looked like people would be separating sufficient amount of recyclables, only THEN would the govt establish some kind of separate facilities to recycle and re-use these materials. Of course, we all know how that ended up...
I don't know, are they adding something to the water in the government house to ensure that not a one single good idea ever gets thought of in those premises?