Is recycling endangerd?

I know that recycling has been talked about before. As a matter of fact, it was part of my curriculum in elementary school (I hope that doesn't give away my age!!). However, I know that I myself do not take part in some of the great programs cities are offering. For example, in my city of Columbus, Ohio we have a bin program. For $5 a month I can be given a bin and the recycling company will come and pick it up. For some unknown reason, not a single house on my block has a bin. Part of it is laziness on our part and part of it is the difficulty in the process. I had to do an immense amount of research to even find out what programs were offered. Then I had to look at the color-coded map; decipher which color I was in and then check to make sure the bin program was offered in my area.
Why is recycling so complicated where as throwing perfectly recycable items in the trash is free (in my checkbook's eyes anyway) and the most convinient. I think tonight, I am going to print off 100 copies of the form to register for the bin program and pass it around to all my neighbors. This will cut out the research step and also the printing step. Then I'm going to fill one out myself and see how many neighbors I can get to follow suit. Who knows, this may also be great way to introduce the great products at Seaside Naturals to my community. I would encourage you to do the same in your neighborhood. Recycling may be older than I am, but unless we keep awareness up, it will die out before I do.