Landfills Please support WebConX by visiting this sponsor. America is a throwaway society. We are encouraged to buy disposable this, and disposable that, and don't worry about where it ends up. At the landfill, where 50 years later, a newspaper can still be read, because packed, buried garbage doesn't break down easily.
Recycling is available in most communities.
Items made of plastic, glass, metals, ceramics and rubber, should be removed from the waste stream, before it gets to the landfill. Building materials can be reprocessed, and used again. Paper can be recycled into new paper and other products. These organics include food scraps, leaves and yard wastes, agricultural crop residues, paper products, sewage sludge and wood. They are found everywhere.