It's the same in most European countries I've lived in.

Funnily enough, where I live now, I DON'T sort my trash and here's why: if I sort my trash, I have to drive to the recycling center 15 km away every two or three weeks with bins full of sorted stuff (luckily I have a large minivan). But there are three problems with that:

• I'm trying to be car free - and I don't like to drive. I keep my van off the road most of the year, but that means every month or so, I'd have to re-register it and pay at least one week of insurance and road tax just for that one trip to the recycler.
• I'd be driving at least 360 km a year just to go to the recycler. That's like 20 liters of diesel for my van. At Trump gas prices currently here in Europe, it's not exactly cheap. Not to mention the environment, tire wear and such of course.
• Every minute I spend sorting trash is a minute I don't spend living my best life. And at my age, my countdown clock seemingly runs at a more and more alarming speed.

So instead, I have a large covered dumpster permanently on the property. I dump my non-bio trash there any which way. And every two or three years, I call the dumpster truck to pick up the dumpster, empty it at the recycler where someone sorts everything, and bring it back.

The last load cost me 550€. It's more than if I sorted and drove the trash myself, but it's not that much more. And more importantly, I don't sort and drive the trash myself, and that's worth the difference 🙂 Also, someone has a job doing this for me.