Trash disposal also know as waste disposal, it is what happens to that piece of trash that you thrown in the trashcan. What do you think happen to that piece of trash most likely it ended in a landfill and that piece of trash will be there for a long time? Here are some examples of how much trash is thrown away each year. American office worker uses almost 500 disposable cups every year. Over 7 billion pounds of PVC are thrown away in the U.S. each year. Americans use approximately 102.1 billion plastic bags, creating tons of landfill waste.38, 000 miles of ribbon are thrown away each year, enough to tie a bow around the Earth Each year. More than 2 billion books, 350 million magazines, and 24 billion newspapers are published ever year, imagine how much paper that takes. So the next time you throw something away think where it is going.
Also somewhere in 2003 290million tires that was discarded with 130 of tire that were burn as many fuels.
More than 2 billion books and 24 billion newspapaer also 350 milllion magaize are also throw away.
Environmental Protection Agency. (2010, May 12). Frequent Questions. Retrieved June 2010 from http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials/paper/faqs.htm
Environmental Protection Agency. (2007, December 28). Air Emissions. Retrieved June 2010 from http://www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/energy-and-you/affect/air-emissions.html
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Trash disposal also know as waste disposal, it is what happens to that piece of trash that you thrown in the trashcan. What do you think happen to that piece of trash most likely it ended in a landfill and that piece of trash will be there for a long time?
Here are some examples of how much trash is thrown away each year. American office worker uses almost 500 disposable cups every year. Over 7 billion pounds of PVC are thrown away in the U.S. each year. Americans use approximately 102.1 billion plastic bags, creating tons of landfill waste.38, 000 miles of ribbon are thrown away each year, enough to tie a bow around the Earth Each year. More than 2 billion books, 350 million magazines, and 24 billion newspapers are published ever year, imagine how much paper that takes.
So the next time you throw something away think where it is going.
Also somewhere in 2003 290million tires that was discarded with 130 of tire that were burn as many fuels.
More than 2 billion books and 24 billion newspapaer also 350 milllion magaize are also throw away.