Recycling question.....?

Question

I have often wondered, when you don't recycle at home and you just throw your trash away all together and let the garbage man pick it up, it goes to a dump or a landfill, correct? My question is....do these places recycle? Do they sort your trash and recycle what they can? Or does it all just go in a big hole in the ground? I know it use to be that way, but is it still?

Answer 1

My trash company sorts the garbage as they collect recyclables and sell them for a profit.

Answer 2

Every dump is different. My dump does not sort any trash, that is why the city has a recycling program. If you don't recycle it- it wont get recycled.

As a consumer, I believe we need to know where things come from and where things go. We need to continually educate ourselves. All dumps give tours and have educators. Get a group together in your area and have them come and tell you what happens at the dump. You can find this by contacting your local waist department.

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Answer 3

depends on area...my county has transfer stations...we have bins for newspaper,,,plastic bottles,,,and for metal,and one for wood/furniture,,and used motor oil....and a compacter for the rest...the giant green boxes are trucked 20 miles to a land fill...capped on bottom and top...we used to recycle glass but it cost more to collect and sort than they got selling it...