Where does all our trash/waste actually go?

Question

For context I live in the UK but I guess it’s pretty much the same worldwide.
I live in a country with something like 65 million people and around 20 million households.

We get recycling and non recycling collected separately every other week.
I imagine over a two week period most people easily fill their waste bin. I normally can squeeze in around 5 or 6 bin bags.

So that must mean around 140 million bin bags are dumped each fortnight or more. That is 3.5 billion bags a year!!

Where the hell does it all go?

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Answer 1

My food and yard waste is composted where I can actually then buy it back at local lawn and garden stores. My trash is put on a train and buried in the desert in the state next to mine.