Garbage: How much do you create?

[Tenngal]

I have 4 people in my house and we create .75 bags per person per week. And we fill a recycling tote up usually all the way every 2 weeks. I think that's a lot of garbage and I want to try and reduce it.

Anyone care to share how much garbage your household creates per person?

I really want to do better at this. My mom lives alone and fills 2 small garbage cans every 6-8 months which she then drives to the dump herself, so I know I can do better.

too much for us. About four 30 gallon bags. Most of which is paper or cardboard.
When we were children living outside town one of my chores was to gather all things that would burn
and burn them in a 55 gallon drum. That left my dad only having to deal with glass and metal.
Food scraps went to animals.