What happens to your household rubbish if not recycled?

This depends heavily on where you live and your local waste management facilities.

If you don't separate your recyclables properly, they could end up just going to the junkyard and making pollution worse.

Some areas have sorting facilities where they take garbage and manually separate the recyclables. Mind you that this is a very unsavory job and can cause a variety of health issues for employees.

The best advice I can give is to make a separate container for recyclables at home, have a trash can and a "recycle can". That way you can simply throw out your garbage and present your recyclables without having to sort them for recyclable materials, an easy and responsible solution!