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Many cities process the organic waste at their landfill sites. They also often allow people to come buy the compost from the landfill.
Some do. Some just dump it like everything else.
Why would a city go through all the logistics of running a green cart collection just to toss it on the same pile of trash? Some loads may be too contaminated to be composted but the vast majority of cities collecting organics seperately will turn it into compost. Your city's website likely has more details about how their landfill and collections operate.
In Poland we do have a lot of separate trash bins at the lowest levels, because it was ordered by local administrations to look good. It does got disheartening though when you observe it all go into a single trash truck every time.