Garbage to landfills to recycling......?

Question

Can somebody explain to me the steps it take for garbage from your home to reach the landfills and finally recycled?

Answer 1

From the curb to either a solid waste transfer station or directly to a solid waste landfill.  To date, nothing is recycled at our landfills.

Recycling begins at your curb, typically seperated by commodity, picked up, and hauled to a recycling center.  If a city does not have these services, homeowners have to take their recycled materials to a recycling center/bins.  Bins are picked up by centers and processed back at their facility.  They package/compact the recyclable material and sell it to markets who then transform the goods to useable product.