Great question. Whenever I can, I just throw them in the dishwasher in whatever space is spare. Like you I’m highly sceptical of the benefit of spending a lot of time/effort/resources on recycling.
Rinsing uses valuable/non-renewable water and oil, the latter to heat the water—keep it as brief as possible, because yea, a lot of recyclables just get taken to the dump / not recycled
my understanding is that dirty recyclables contaminate the batch and are one of the major reasons recyclables end up going to the dump. i just put mine in the dishwasher with my regular loads
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