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	Land of the Trash

hitchhiker08

2-26-2008 6:39 AM

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recycling, reuse, garbage, trash, sewage

hitchhiker08 says:

About 4.6 pounds of trash is generated per person per day.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ba9526b0-164a-46a0-b61d-7bb218bf235c/6FE17FD0-1117-47EC-9171-4B3633C53119/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.learner.org/interactives/garbage/solidwaste.html" href="http://www.learner.org/interactives/garbage/solidwaste.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.learner.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.learner.org/interactives/garbage/solidwaste.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.learner.org/img/22A1F202-5B28-4A9D-A7AB-A3F2EDCCA077" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.learner.org/interactives/garbage/solidwaste.html"><P>Every year, the United States generates approximately 230 million tons
of "trash"--about 4.6 pounds per person per day. Less than one-quarter
of it is recycled; the rest is incinerated or
buried in landfills. With a little forethought, we could reuse or recycle
more than 70 percent of the landfilled waste, which includes valuable 
materials such
as glass, metal, and paper. This would reduce the demand on virgin 
sources of 
these
materials and eliminate potentially severe environmental, economic, and
public health problems.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.learner.org/interactives/garbage/solidwaste.html"><P><STRONG><FONT color="#003300">Could We Bury It?</FONT></STRONG>
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, many of the country's landfills have been closed for one or both of these two reasons:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.learner.org/interactives/garbage/solidwaste.html"><UL>
  <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">They were full.<P>
  </P></LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">They were contaminating groundwater. The water that flows beneath these deep holes is our drinking water. Once groundwater is contaminated, it is extremely expensive and difficult, and sometimes even impossible, to clean it up.
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