I grew up in a village, where literally nothing goes waste. Eevrything is recycled. You can't think of anything that is junk. Animal poop and rotten bio-waste makes a great fertilizer for crops. Metal waste is melt by blacksmith, Wood in any form or shape is highly reusable. Plastics are almost absent, but they are sold in exchange for onions etc. Fabric is extremely reused. After reusing multiple time, things end up in a dump at the corner of own premises, which degrades and becomes fertilizer, in time for next crop.