That's about 40 sq miles, which is less than .00001% of the US landmass. It would take 6000 years to cover 1% of the US landmass, and in 6000 years all the previous garbage would certainly have EASILY deteriorated.

Regarding the environment..cleaner than any time in the past 100 years.
Regarding the resources, practically endless. Unless, of course, you are talking about something like a Panda Bear, which has no use. Forests-more than ever. No shortage of corn, sugar, beans, rice, pigs, cows, chickens, etc...

Now, if you want to make a case regarding the trashy ways some states, communities, and localities handle themselves, then the easily resolution is to do something in your community....

That's about 40 sq miles, which is less than .00001% of the US landmass. It would take 6000 years to cover 1% of the US landmass, and in 6000 years all the previous garbage would certainly have EASILY deteriorated.

Regarding the environment..cleaner than any time in the past 100 years.
Regarding the resources, practically endless. Unless, of course, you are talking about something like a Panda Bear, which has no use. Forests-more than ever. No shortage of corn, sugar, beans, rice, pigs, cows, chickens, etc...

Now, if you want to make a case regarding the trashy ways some states, communities, and localities handle themselves, then the easily resolution is to do something in your community. If you want to live in Chicago, Michigan, New York, or New Jersy, then fine. Don't blame the rest of the country who actually has a use and a love for their environment.

In my county, we've had a major budget shortfall, primarily due to having to deal with the fact that our landfill has filled up much more quickly than was planned. This has resulted in early closure of our libraries, greater unemployment due to discontinuing public projects and maintenance requiring construction and building supplies as well as lay-off of 25% of county and related personnel, and costs to businesses who no longer have said laid-off personnel to sell goods and services to.
Also, many NGO services who received county-funded grants (such as our low-income medical clinic, Mountain Projects (who help poor people with their rent, heating oil and child care and provide our only publ...

In my county, we've had a major budget shortfall, primarily due to having to deal with the fact that our landfill has filled up much more quickly than was planned. This has resulted in early closure of our libraries, greater unemployment due to discontinuing public projects and maintenance requiring construction and building supplies as well as lay-off of 25% of county and related personnel, and costs to businesses who no longer have said laid-off personnel to sell goods and services to.
Also, many NGO services who received county-funded grants (such as our low-income medical clinic, Mountain Projects (who help poor people with their rent, heating oil and child care and provide our only public transport service), organizations that provide help for the disabled, veterans, low-income elderly, our volunteer literacy program, etc... are no longer getting grants due to our budget shortfall. Trying to deal with the unplanned-for landfill problems would have been difficult in good times, but combined with the current, national economic downturn, it's devastating. We are a small, rural community and vulnerable.
This community is not the only one struggling with trash overload. New York City had quite a problem for a while, with a fully-loaded garbage barge or two, just floating around with nowhere to dump it. They tried to send it to other states and even other countries (they would pay dearly of course) and there were no takers since many were struggling with similar problems
So, wilhelm, it might be worth putting a little study into the politics and economics of trash (even if you don't wish to study the environmental connections) before forming an opinion.