You don't have to think about that waste again, either. But maybe you have wondered, as you watch the trash truck pull away, just where that garbage ends up. This is almost twice as much trash per person as most other major countries. Some gets recycled or recovered and some is burned, but the majority is buried in landfills. In this edition of How Stuff Works , we will examine how a landfill is made, what happens to the trash in landfills, what problems are associated with a landfill and how these problems are solved.
Private haulers drop off trash at a landfill.
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