Where Do All Those Turkey Feathers Go?

The answer to that and more from Mother Jones: Your Turkey Explained in 6 Charts.

Do me one favor: help reduce the massive amount of edible turkey we throw out every year by cooking the carcass and leftover meat into soup.  It's time-consuming but not difficult, and a decent-sized carcass will make a couple gallons of soup you can freeze in quart containers and eat all winter

Here's a good recipe.