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No there, there - Where Garbage Goes
December 11, 2009 Written By: Ken David Carson commented that there is no away any more. We used to throw things "away". Where is that? The landfills are filling up, the ammount of stuff we throw "away" has exponentially increased. Products that tout convinience are wrapped in plastics, packaged, wrapped again and sold 10 times the size of the product. New products come out making the one you bought last month obsolete. So where does all this stuff go? If you are in Cairo, this section of town where the locals recycle, fix and repurpose and...let it sit. All this is garbage. In most places in the US, Canada and Europe you will never see this because your garbage is carted away and sealed into a dump. Or sent to far off places. Some of it goes on ocean journeys (remember the NY garbage barge in the 80s?). Out of sight, out of mind is a theory that works to a degree. Yes, your city is pretty clean. Yes, you can keep doing whatever you want and buying whatever you want and throwing "away" whatever you want... or can you? As our landfills fill and new ones are harder to open (do you want to live next to one?) we must address a few key issues. Recycling is foremest. Some say that 14 percent of landfill space is taken up by newspaper alone, 41% of the total landfill is paper. 8% or so are plastics. Only 3% of plastic is currently recycled. Yard waste? About 21%. Glass? 11%. Metals about 12%. By a quick calculation, about 85% of landfill is recyclable. Hmm... So, start composting and recycle. Buy products that use less packaging, less toxic materials and are easy to reuse or recycle (or both). Be careful what you throw away - can it be used by someone else? An old chair may be just the thing for the person down the street. Magazines? Does the Library need them? Clothes can go to shelters, goodwill or perhaps you can just have a clothing swap (my wife has these with friends and I hear they are super fun). Be concious about your life. There is no "away" anymore, so you need to take responsibility for your own waste.
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