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10 Reasons Why You'll be Buried Alive

10 REASONS WHY YOU'LL BE BURIED ALIVE Yearly, there is enough garbage to fill With over 500 billion pounds of trash per year, the U.S. is the 22 MILLION GARBAGE TRUCKS #1 500 #3 BILLION trash-producing country in the world. LBS. 1 person throws out 4.4 pounds of trash per day 4.4 LBS. PAPER AND PAPERBOARD 28.9% Trash Composition by Material FOOD SCRAPS 13.9% YARD TRIMMINGS (13.4% PLASTICS 12.4% METALS 9% RUBBER, LEATHER, & TEXTILES 8.4% WOOD (6.4% GLASS 4.6% OTHER 3.4% 27 25 MILLION RAGE BOTTLES PLASTICE THROWN AWAY EVERY HOUR 1 Plastic Bottle takes 700 YEARS to begin composting EVERY PIECE OF PLASTIC EVER MADE STILL EXISTS TODAY! Approximately 4 1BILLION TREES of food was thrown away in 2010, enough to fill the entire worth of paper are thrown away EMPIRE STATE BUILDING 91 TIMES every year ONLY 10% OF THAT IS SALVAGEABLE FOR RECYCLING 15 350 MILLION DISPOSABLE LIGHTERS 1.5 BILLION h 38.000 MILES OF RIBBON BALLPOINT PENS are thrown away each year, enough to tie a bow around the Earth 2 BILLION PLASTIC SHAVING RAZORS ARE THROWN AWAY EACH YEAR Enough Styrofoam cups are produced each year to CIRCLE THE EARTH 436 TIMES 71 8. Over ONE BILLION POUNDS BILLION of PVC is thrown away each year SHOPPING BAGS ARE USED EACH YEAR CREATING LESS THAN 1% OF THAT 300,000 TONS IS RECYCLED of landfill waste I OVER 3.000 ACTIVE LANDFILLS AND OVER 10,000 OLD MUNICIPAL LANDFILLS OCCUPY THE U.S. Years of Remaining Landfill Capacity Washington Montana Minnesota Oregon Idaho Wisconsin South Dakota Michigan Wyoming lowa Pennsylvania Nebraska New Jersey Ohio Indiana Nevada Illinois Utah West Colorado California Kansas Kentucky Missouri North Carolina Tennessee Oklahoma Arizona Arkansas Carmlina New Mexico Alabema (Misstssipp Georgia Lousiana Техas Florida Alaska Нawall 5-10 years More than 10 years · Alaska has 300 landfill facilities alone! • 13/50 states have no more capacity for landfills Unavailable WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THIS? RECYCLE! 3 S Recycling can save us from living in a massive landfill. IT ALSO PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS: Energy Savings Money Savings Natural Resource Pollution Reduction Conservation Resources: http://www.vanburen-mi.org/environmental/Recycling_home.html http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/nonhaz/municipal/index.htm http://www.recycleacrossamerica.org/recycling-fact.html http://thegoodhuman.com/2007/03/20/how-much-trash-gets-thrown-away-each/ http://www.recyclaholics.com/pdf/fact_sheet.pdf http://www.cleanair.org/Waste/wasteFacts.html http://www.hillsboroschools.net/schools/beckemeyer/ptc/funfacts.html http://green-mary.com/index.php?option=com_content&view-articlesid-210:support-and-doc.. http://www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/about-mpca/mpca- news/featured-stories/when-good-food-goes-bad.html Brought to you by KirbyBuilt - KirbyBuilt.com A Leading Manufacturer of Recycled Plastic Park and Site Furniture >> 34 MILLION TONS 10 REASONS WHY YOU'LL BE BURIED ALIVE Yearly, there is enough garbage to fill With over 500 billion pounds of trash per year, the U.S. is the 22 MILLION GARBAGE TRUCKS #1 500 #3 BILLION trash-producing country in the world. LBS. 1 person throws out 4.4 pounds of trash per day 4.4 LBS. PAPER AND PAPERBOARD 28.9% Trash Composition by Material FOOD SCRAPS 13.9% YARD TRIMMINGS (13.4% PLASTICS 12.4% METALS 9% RUBBER, LEATHER, & TEXTILES 8.4% WOOD (6.4% GLASS 4.6% OTHER 3.4% 27 25 MILLION RAGE BOTTLES PLASTICE THROWN AWAY EVERY HOUR 1 Plastic Bottle takes 700 YEARS to begin composting EVERY PIECE OF PLASTIC EVER MADE STILL EXISTS TODAY! Approximately 4 1BILLION TREES of food was thrown away in 2010, enough to fill the entire worth of paper are thrown away EMPIRE STATE BUILDING 91 TIMES every year ONLY 10% OF THAT IS SALVAGEABLE FOR RECYCLING 15 350 MILLION DISPOSABLE LIGHTERS 1.5 BILLION h 38.000 MILES OF RIBBON BALLPOINT PENS are thrown away each year, enough to tie a bow around the Earth 2 BILLION PLASTIC SHAVING RAZORS ARE THROWN AWAY EACH YEAR Enough Styrofoam cups are produced each year to CIRCLE THE EARTH 436 TIMES 71 8. Over ONE BILLION POUNDS BILLION of PVC is thrown away each year SHOPPING BAGS ARE USED EACH YEAR CREATING LESS THAN 1% OF THAT 300,000 TONS IS RECYCLED of landfill waste I OVER 3.000 ACTIVE LANDFILLS AND OVER 10,000 OLD MUNICIPAL LANDFILLS OCCUPY THE U.S. Years of Remaining Landfill Capacity Washington Montana Minnesota Oregon Idaho Wisconsin South Dakota Michigan Wyoming lowa Pennsylvania Nebraska New Jersey Ohio Indiana Nevada Illinois Utah West Colorado California Kansas Kentucky Missouri North Carolina Tennessee Oklahoma Arizona Arkansas Carmlina New Mexico Alabema (Misstssipp Georgia Lousiana Техas Florida Alaska Нawall 5-10 years More than 10 years · Alaska has 300 landfill facilities alone! • 13/50 states have no more capacity for landfills Unavailable WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THIS? RECYCLE! 3 S Recycling can save us from living in a massive landfill. IT ALSO PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS: Energy Savings Money Savings Natural Resource Pollution Reduction Conservation Resources: http://www.vanburen-mi.org/environmental/Recycling_home.html http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/nonhaz/municipal/index.htm http://www.recycleacrossamerica.org/recycling-fact.html http://thegoodhuman.com/2007/03/20/how-much-trash-gets-thrown-away-each/ http://www.recyclaholics.com/pdf/fact_sheet.pdf http://www.cleanair.org/Waste/wasteFacts.html http://www.hillsboroschools.net/schools/beckemeyer/ptc/funfacts.html http://green-mary.com/index.php?option=com_content&view-articlesid-210:support-and-doc.. http://www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/about-mpca/mpca- news/featured-stories/when-good-food-goes-bad.html Brought to you by KirbyBuilt - KirbyBuilt.com A Leading Manufacturer of Recycled Plastic Park and Site Furniture >> 34 MILLION TONS

10 Reasons Why You'll be Buried Alive

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Already an out of control epidemic, trash in America is threatening to take over. Producing more trash than any other country in the world, America throws away more than 500 billion pounds of trash pe...

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