For neighborhoods of homes/townhomes, most have curbside recycling for some types of plastics, aluminum, cardboard, and paperboard. Glass is no longer picked up curbside but there are some locations you can take glass, though not in all areas. My parents save their glass and bring it to me when they visit because there is no glass recycling place near them but there is near me (they live about 20 miles away). For apartment buildings, it varies. My old apartment building did have recycling available, though again not for glass. In my office building we have recycling for aluminum and plastic, though most of my co-workers can't be bothered to walk to the recycling bins in the break room down the hall and just throw everything out in the trash can next to their desk. Besides glass, plastics that aren't #1 or #2 can be very difficult to recycle. Also, we have frequently heard that everything in curbside recycling gets put in the landfill when people put non-recyclable materials in the bins and that happens all the time. Even when the bins are labeled specifically for plastic, aluminum, etc. or state not to put the recyclables into plastic bags, people do it anyway. I have seen neighbors put trash in the recycling bins. So I have little hope that most of this is being recycled except maybe the glass.