When one recycles the garbageman turns from the person helping keep Anchorage clean to the garbage policeman looking to nail anyone who doesn't recycle everything to perfection . You are correct---rules change from driver to driver , week to week.   Recycling is a way for greenies to feel like they are saving the planet when in reality they are helping pollute Anchorage's air .  Recycling will never pay for itself or make Anchorage a better place to live.  Anchorage doesn't look nicer with recycling cans sitting in parking lots across town.