How Do Landfills Work?
It is easy to forget about your trash once you throw it into the dumpster, but garbage goes on a long journey after it leaves your yard. Landfills are responsible for burying millions of tons of trash every year. Keep reading to learn more about landfills and how they work: A Majority of Trash Goes to the Landfill Only about 32.5 percent of the 251 million tons of trash created in the United States is recycled or composted. Another 12.5 percent is burned. That means that about 55 percent of trash...