Does that make you prefer things that are recyclable when buying?
Here the trash is paid for by buying special bags which are $5 each. So if you want to not recycle, that’s fine, it’s just more expensive.
Also recycling is actually kind of a scam: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/897692090/how-big-oil-misled-the-public-into-believing-plastic-would-be-recycled
Discussion
I think that was the intention of the policy. But the reality is that most recycling just ends up in landfills too.