Make recycleing worth while as opposed to the right thing to do and we may get somewhere. 50p deposit on cans for instance and i would personally while out walking pick up every one of the things dropped by lazy bastards.
Seriously havnt Sweden got a scheme based on a vending machine type depository?
This is exactly what happens in sweden.
When I was young me n my bro would walk miles, through bins and everything with a magnet ppulling out alluminium cans, crushing them and taking them on a train to birmingham city centre where they would just chuck em on the track and pay you cash. Think it worked out about a half to a penny a can which was like big easy money at the time. Prob 20-30 quid for lumping about a sticky couple of black bin liners