What types of materials are put in landfills?
Municipal solid waste landfills are filled with everything we throw away, from glass bottles to grass clippings and other yard wastes. The latter constitutes nearly 20% of all garbage landfilled. Disposable and non-durable products are major culprits in the growth of waste. In just one day, Americans throw away 150,000 tons of packaging material. This would fill 10,000 tractor trailer trucks, which would stretch 120 miles end to end.
