Lately I've been increasingly more conscious of the amount of waste we generated, especially non-recyclable waste.
In 2024, Virginia sent 13,811,213.15 tons of a total 22,961,793.33 tons received of solid waste to landfills. That's over 60% of the solid waste produced being buried underground. The EPA lists the recycling and composting rate (as of 2018) at 32.1 percent
This site is pretty interesting. We need to think more about what we are consuming, what we're throwing away, and what we can potentially reuse. You can find a lot of things used on Facebook Marketplace, often in good condition.