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In the UK we now recycle much of it. We have separate bins for recycleable stuff (paper, glass, metal, card, garden (backyard) waste and so on) and one for non-recycleable waste. There are two lorries that collect on the same day - one for recycleables and the other for the other stuff. Recycleable stuff is sorted and recycled - paper is pulped and turned into toilet roll, packaging and so on. Metal cans can be melted down and turned into all sorts of metal gooods. Garden waste is turned into compost. Glass is melted down and turned into new bottles. Non-recycleable stuff is disposed of in two main ways. In the UK some of it is burned in special incinerators and the heat turned into energy for heating or electricity. The rest is buried in the ground in 'landfill' sites where it can rot naturally over time. When the landfill site is full it is earthed over, grassed over and returned to farmland.

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