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| The Problem with Waste |  |
January 20, 2010
Every year in the USA, we throw away almost 30 million tons of household waste. That's enough to fill a queue of double decker buses that would stretch from here to Australia and back again! But how often do we stop to think about where all this waste came from and where it all goes? Often large amounts of energy are needed to take raw materials from the ground...
| Trash and time | |
January 20, 2010
Landfills are over flowing from the trash throw away every day. Since more and more trash is generated over time, many newer landfills are needed to be created. This intern is taking up the vast and many areas of land we live on. Our trash is not only taking up land but is destroying resources, animals, and their way of life too. Trash can be reduced by many methods that have been created.
| Strange Trash Facts | |
January 20, 2010
Garbage or trash is a major form of environment pollution these days. Each person produces about 4.3 pounds of trash a day. Do you know where all your garbage goes? Many types of garbage take hundreds of years to properly decompose when thrown away.
| Wasted: New York City's Giant Garbage Problem | |
January 20, 2010
New York City's 8 million residents and millions of businesses, construction projects and visitors generate as much as 36,200 tons of garbage every day.
