Look, I realise that recycling won’t save the world and all.
Personally, I usually (nearly always) put stuff that can be recycled in the recycling bins even though we have to go to the effort of taking them 100 metres or so to the communal bins on our estate (rather than the doorstep collection enjoyed by people not living on a social housing estate).
I add random plastic bags to the supermarket bags to be collected by the grocery delivery people.
I take dead batteries…