In my town, the recycling program will only accept #1 and #2 plastics (PETE and HDPE). They tell us they may accept other plastics in the future.
I was curious to hear if this “restriction” is common, or is my town odd in this respect.
Here (Hampshire, southern England) we have a separate bin for recycling, which covers paper, card, steel, aluminium and plastic (but not glass, strangely). IIRC they don’t limit the “number” of the plastic, however they only want plastic bottles, not yoghurt pots, shrink wrap, old Bakelite radios, etc…
Here (rural upstate NY), they take everything.
Whether they DO anything with it after that, I don’t know. They may very well just pick through for the deposit bottles and cans and throw the rest into the landfill, for all I know.
The City of Ottawa used to take all types of plastic that were labeled with a number (1 - 7), but this spring they cut that back to only types 1 and 2, because it was costing the city too much money – they couldn’t find buyers for the material. (Eastern Ontario, Canada)
The City of Greater Sudbury formerly accepted only types 1 and 2, but now also accepts type 5. (Northern Ontario, Canada)
Stad Leuven doesn’t specify by the same type of plastic, but their description here (in Flemish) of the types of bottles agrees with them taking only types 1 and 2. (Flemish Brabant, Belgium)
(No, I didn’t randomly look up three cities online. 
Sudbury is home, Ottawa is school, Leuven is work.)
Here in Newport News, they only take types 1 and 2, and only in the form of bottles and jars. When I lived in Upstate New York, they took 1,2, 3, and 5 and they didn’t care how it was shaped. When I lived in Oberammergau, Germany, they took all plastics through type 7, including expanded polystyrene (styrofoam) and mixed materials.
Here in Anderson, IN, they take 1 and 2. We put all the recyclables in blue trash bags, and they pick it up every other week. The waste contractor has a sorting plant where plastic, glass, paper, and aluminum are separated. That’s not a job I’d want to have. Regular trash is picked up every week.
My private recycling company in Fairfax County, VA (DC 'burbs) takes only 1 and 2.
Houston County (MN) used to take all sorts of plastics (I don’t remember all the #s, but it was a bunch), but now with budget cuts only takes #1 and #2, and the plastic has to have a “neck” or something.
Brian
This one seems more a poll. So off to IMHO, where you’ll probably get more responses anyway.
samclem GQ moderator
Rural New England, #1 and #2. Currently the recycling station is open Saturday morning so it is the social hot spot. But they are considering combining various types of recycling to reduce costs.