Our local council recycle most stuff, but not fly away plastic like crisp packets and cling film. That goes into general waste, and all gets taken to place where its burnt, and the energy captured. The place I work at, all the recycling & waste is burnt. Only things like mattresses go to our landfill.
I'm with
@davesparks, we should cut down our reliance on plastic & packaging. When I was a lad, we had one dustbin collected weekly. And it contained, as in the name just ash from the coal fires. Food waste, was collected by local pig farm, who dropped off pig pooh & straw, which me Dad spread on the veg garden. No plastic I can remember, and when Mum went shopping, she took her own bags, like we are starting to do now. Only got a freezer in my early teens. Dad had a car, but was only used to go out at weekends etc. Everyone either walked or cycled to work & school.