Comments on: Wasting Waste http://ecogreenguy.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/wasting-waste/ clean air, clean water, green trees, blue skies, happy, healthy people Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:02:15 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Olden http://ecogreenguy.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/wasting-waste/#comment-48 Olden Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:08:59 +0000 http://ecogreenguy.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/wasting-waste/#comment-48 "In the U.S., 4.39 pounds of trash per day and up to 56 tons of trash per year are created by the average person." How can this possibly add up? 4.39lbs x 365.25 days = 1603.45 lbs per year. How does less than 1 ton (2000 lbs) get to 56 tons of trash created by the 'average person'? This makes no sense to me... <strong> <em>Excellent point Olden! Why would the Clean Air Council publish such numbers if they were not verified and true? Can anyone find out for us???????</em></strong> “In the U.S., 4.39 pounds of trash per day and up to 56 tons of trash per year are created by the average person.”

How can this possibly add up? 4.39lbs x 365.25 days = 1603.45 lbs per year. How does less than 1 ton (2000 lbs) get to 56 tons of trash created by the ‘average person’?

This makes no sense to me…


Excellent point Olden! Why would the Clean Air Council publish such numbers if they were not verified and true? Can anyone find out for us???????

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