Recycling bin distinctions

Factual Questions
1

This may seem long for a minor question, but I’m going to ask anyway.

We have curbside recycling and there are 4 bins - glass & recyclable plastic bottles, cans and metal scrap, newspaper, and mixed paper.

My question is about the last two.
The rules for “Newspaper” says
“Materials Accepted: Newspapers, Newspaper inserts, If the paper comes with the newspaper, recycle it in the newspaper crate
Materials Not Accepted: Junk mail or magazines (recycle with Mixed Paper)”
The rules for “Mixed paper” says
“Materials Accepted: Magazines and catalogs, Junk mail, Paperboard (i.e., cereal and tissue boxes, toilet paper tubes), White, colored and glossy paper, White paper with colored ink, Manila folders, Maps, All paper envelopes (plastic windows okay), Shredded paper, NCR™ paper (carbonless), Paperback books, Phone books, Non-metallic wrapping paper, Staples, paper clips, labels, and tape are okay”

So I wonder:

  1. Which is more valuable, “Newspaper” or “Mixed paper”?
    (I’d guess newspaper, because it seems to be a fussier category)
  2. My “junk mail” consists of things that are identical to things now contained in “newspapers and newspaper inserts”. Things like the PennySaver newspaper, and the newsprint grocery ads and a few business reply envelopes with offers for life insurance and book clubs.
    So, would it make sense to put that into the Newspaper & inserts bin? Would I be helping the big picture?
2

Hardly any of stuff, with the exception of aluminum cans, has much value. It’s primarily the cost savings of not dumping it into a landfill that makes recycling feasible.

3

Four bins? And the city expects any level of compliance? All I can offer is the advice to move to San Francisco, where homes get one big blue bin.

I’m guessing neither “mixed paper” or “newpaper” is more valuable but it may be easier to make recycled newsprint if the input is free of glossy magazines and window envelopes. Mixed paper probably goes off to become paperboard - eg: cereal boxes and the stuff they wrap new shirts around.