Everything metal has its' own stack in the back, make a trip to the junkyard every few years when I have over a ton, got $200+ for scrap steel (everything from 'tin' cans to some car doors) last time - about 2 years ago, a few hundred $$ every few years for aluminum. It helps to live on a few acres.
All the glass goes into a pit in the back, and when I need backfill for drainage the glass gets scooped out with the track hoe and moved to the drainage ditch (with a foot or so dirt on top. The grandkids love to throw the bottles and jars and 'crash' & smash them.
Plastic get put in store recycle bins, non-recyclable goes to the yearly city recycle event. The local transfer station (we cannot take stuff directly to the dump) accepts 'hazardous waste' for no fee (fluorescent light tubes mainly)
Food scraps literally get throw out the back door onto the ground. Most Everything gets eaten by the next morning, coyotes, racoons, squirrels, and the crows make short work of it all. Coffee grounds go into the garden. Possums actually eat citrus rinds, what is still on the ground the next time to mow gets thrown on the compost pile.
Anything untreated wood gets to help heat the house or the barn.
Oh, yeah, you would be surprised how misc. stuff just thrown on a pile in the summer will disappear with a 'free curb alert' ad placed on craigslist.
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