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The Monster That Comes to Your Door

by Derek Markham on October 11, 2008 · 4 comments

LandfillWhich product:

  • Is produced at the rate of 100 billion per year, almost 850 per household, just in the US?
  • Goes directly to the trash, unused, 44% of the time?
  • Consumes 100 million trees, or 6.5 million tons of paper?
  • Produces greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 10 million cars, or 11 coal-burning power plants?
  • Trashes the environment and contributes to global warming with 51 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent?
  • Has an effectiveness rating of less than 3%?
  • Would 90% of people gladly do without?

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