Those cards are identical to the ones I've had at most of my jobs. My current one has a picture of me glued on, but it's slowly peeling off, so it offers no real security.
For recycling, it depends on the company. Where I lived in Winnipeg, you would throw your recyclables all into a bluebox and put it out with your garbage. They would pick it up and, I assume, sort it and everything. It's pretty handy.
Here in Calgary, you have to separate it all and bring it down to a dropoff site, which isn't a short walk for me.