It depends which sort of land fill you mean. If it is a small rubbish dump on a local farm probably around 50 pieces of rubbish but if you are thinking about a major land fill, way more than 50 Billion pieces of rubbish would be in that land fill alone.
How much trash goes in Lakes and Rivers?
Unless you recycle, all of your waste, not counting what goes in the sewer, goes to landfills. At your home, about 15% of your trash is recyclable and in an office as much as 85% of what goes into trash cans is recyclable.
The trash Americans generate ends up in landfills. Landfills are becoming full and it is a problem to decide what to do with all the trash.
Millions of tonnes
enough.
About .02%
Pretty much everyone.
Recycling can reduce the number of landfills by not having as much glass/ plastic produces in them.
You would be better off separating recyclables. No matter how much you smash garbage it is still there. Recycling keeps most garbage out of landfills and is good for the environment.
alot
25%
a lot :)