pnichols wrote:
Maybe here in America we need to gradually learn to get by with less trash .... or would that bring an end to all human life here?
We're part of this Mode-of-Living problem in our stick house: About every two weeks our big recyclables trash container is full - it's pathetic that we have got sucked into residential living this way.
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We're continue with this Mode-of-Living problem in our RV: When we boondock camp for any length of time, I have a large contractor's black plastic bag full of trash when we leave our campsite that I have to find room for in our largest exterior storage bay until we can find a legal and proper place to dispose of it later - it's pathetic that we have got sucked into RV living like this.
You are talking about something a bit more than illegal dumping, changing people's way of living.
But... a lot of people, especially those who have a garbage service to remove their trash / garbage, have no idea how much "stuff" their family creates.
I bring my own garbage to the local transfer station (which then gets compacted and brought to a trash-to-energy plant), and every 3 weeks or so when I do this I am amazed at how much garbage my family creates. We recycle glass and cans, paper and magazines, cardboard, etc. If we didn't do the recycling our garbage would be that much more.
I have friends in the "garbage industry", and talking to them, just the volume of garbage is astonishing, even for my little town.
At least today we have recycling, and things like trash-to-energy plants. As I said in my earlier post, years ago people just dumped garbage in the back woods, or even just out the kitchen window.
