About 450 kg (almost 1000 lbs) is put in the domestic rubbish bin per person (on average). Typically, about 60% (so 270 kg) of this could potentially be recycled using existing facilities.
How Much Domestic Rubbish Does The Average Person In The UK Produce Each Year?
It is stated that almost around 64% of UK's domestic rubbish ends up in all the landfill sites throughout the countries, about 575 kg of rubbish per person has been thrown by UK's citizen yearly, so this leads to the land pollution that has ravaged the world, without thinking of recycling them.