Recycled, yes. But we didn't set it out at the curb in a blue plastic bin to be hauled away for nothing. Nosirree! Not when you can save up a few hundred pounds of beer cans in your back yard & then take them to someone who will pay 20 cents a pound. *LOL*
Give to charity? Oh, goodness, no! If their organization is worthwhile, then Jehovah will see to their needs.
Now, I do both.