Americans and Garbage

Garbage is defined as worthless, useless, or discarded. Unfortunately, Americans are experts in the production of garbage, indeed, American American families throw 4.5 pounds of garbage a day, producing 243 million tons of garbage (Smith) in a year It is. The problem of garbage occurrence has existed for many years, but the general people still ignore this problem. Most Americans will not care or even notice a lot of garbage. Otherwise there are no puzzling statistics.

"In modern America, the use of waste is usually limited to the average kitchen and vegetable waste." This metaphor is used as "worthless and unpleasant" in the 1590s. Trash can start in 1 901. Garbage collector "Garbage people" began in 1872. Australia's short armor has been confirmed since 1953. Garbology "Waste as social science research" was started in 1976, clothing expert began in 1965

Our sea is full of garbage, but it is not new information. Although there is no precise amount of waste at this time, the National Academy of Sciences estimated an increase in garbage of about 14 billion pounds per year in 1975. In addition to seemingly bad things, this garbage is all a serious threat to wildlife. Either it is confused as food or mistakenly ingested. At the beginning of the year, the Marine Pollution Report published a study on the impact of plastics on whale meals. Because plastics can not be digested, it can not enter anywhere. Eventually the digestive tract will be blocked. Whales can not only eliminate this blockade, nor can they eat real food. So the researchers found that starvation and rupture of the stomach eventually killed the whale.

In the last century, the world has made a big change. There is more waste than ever, from individually wrapped foods to disposable diapers. Americans drop an average of 7.5 pounds of garbage a day. This waste, solid waste stream flows mainly into the landfill where it is compressed and filled. As the flow of waste continues to increase, pressure is also placed on our landfill, resources and the environment. The more waste recycled, the less waste generated in the landfill or incineration facility. By recycling aluminum, paper, glass, plastics and other materials, you can save manufacturing and energy costs and reduce the negative environmental impact of extracting and processing raw materials.