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Show Americans create a lot of s:airlbags2 By CHERIE HUBER While the wandering garbage barge has been a point of amusement amuse-ment for most people , it has been an economic disaster for those involved. But at the same time it has brought attention to one of America's growing concerns, what to do with our ever-increasing ever-increasing piles of garbage. If you wonder about why there's a problem, take a look at the packages and wrappings the next time you enjoy a fast food meal-papers, sacks, cartons, paper cups and napkins. Multiply that by the number of fast food meals served every day and you have a heap of garbage. Homes generate their share of garbage, too, with plastic bottles, cans, newspapers and boxes. In contrast, in less richly blessed countries shoppers have to bring jars and containers with them when they shop. Home, however, is one place we can control the waste by sorting the recycleables like newspapers and aluminium cans for the Boy Scouts or other charities. Other still usable items are better donated to charity than sent to the dump, too. In Europe trash is sorted according to glass, metal or paper. Someday we may find ourselves having to do that too. In the meantime the Burn Plant will hopefully provide an efficient way of dealing with trash we can not recycle any other way. |
