"Or let’s talk waste. In 2005, per-capita municipal waste production (basically everything that’s put out at the curb) in the U.S. was about 1,660 pounds. Let’s say you’re a die-hard simple-living activist, and you reduce this to zero. You recycle everything. You bring cloth bags shopping. You fix your toaster. Your toes poke out of old tennis shoes. You’re not done yet, though. Since municipal waste includes not just residential waste, but also waste from government offices and businesses, you march to those offices, waste reduction pamphlets in hand, and convince them to cut down on their waste enough to eliminate your share of it. Uh, I’ve got some bad news. Municipal waste accounts for only 3 percent of total waste production in the United States. - Derrick Jensen
well i think that this is completely odd. i think this i odd because the municipal waste is only 3% of all the waste.if we Americans can recycle every thing that is recyclable well lets just say that wont do much.
the cause of all the waste is companies. all the companies use tones of recyclable stuff but they decide not to recycle the stuff.the companies that i am talking about are the ones that give you your computers,shirts,books,food,and games.i am going to start to recycle stuff ins-ted of throwing it in the garbage .
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