You Trashy! Kelly Maxwell & Sherif Mabrouk

But what does it mean?  Wastes are materials that are not prime products for which the generator has no further use in terms of their own purposes of production, transformation or consumption, and of which their wants to dispose. Wastes may be generated during the extraction of raw materials, the processing of raw materials into intermediate and final products, the consumption of final products, and other human activities. Residuals recycled or reused at the place of generation are excluded. United Nations Statistics Division

Waste Comes In All Shapes and Sizes  municipal solid waste  construction waste and demolition waste  institutional waste, commercial waste, and industrial waste  medical waste  hazardous waste, radioactive waste, and electronic waste  biodegradable waste  White trash

Betcha didn’t know!  The state of California spends about million dollars sending plastic bags to landfill each year, and another million dollars to remove littered bags from streets.  The estimated billion holiday cards sold each year in the U.S. could fill a football field stories high.  miles of ribbon are thrown away each year, enough to tie a bow around the Earth.  The EPA (in report summarized above) estimates that million desktops a nd million laptops were discarded in That’s over computers discarded per day!  In 2008, the average amount of waste generated by each person in America per day was 4.5 pounds. 1.1 pounds of that was recycled, and.4 pounds, including yard waste, was sent to composting. In total, 24.3% of waste was recycled, 8.9% was composted, and 66.8% was sent to a landfill or incinerated , ,000

Landfill pollution

Exciting New Programs  Zero Waste  Landfill Gas  Landfill Mining  Terracycle

Waste Hierarchy

What Should You Do For Now?  Reduce  Reuse  Recycle  Throw it away