That, my friends, is the lesson on trash. The moral of the story is to follow the solid waste management hierarchy. Try to avoid using stuff you do not need to use. When you cannot avoid it, find ways to reuse it. When you cannot reuse it, ask yourself if it can be composted or recycled. If you cannot make any of those suggestions work, at least you now know where it goes.
Once again, thank you to Kelly Calvelage for compiling all of the major information in this post!