What's in your trash?

PositionENVIRONMENT - Brief article

Americans produce more than 250 million tons of trash every year. This graph shows what's in it. Why might paper account for so much waste? Does anything in the chart surprise you? Why?

RUBBER, LEATHER & TEXTILES 9% WOOD 6% PLASTICS 13% METALS 9% GLASS 5% PAPER 27% OTHER 3% FOOD WASTE 15% YARD TRIMMINGS 14% SOURCE...

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