Current studies show that about 40% of food in the US is wasted.
Less stuff ends up in landfills.
Approximately 26% of Canadian household waste ends up in landfills. This percentage has been decreasing over the years as efforts to reduce, reuse, and recycle waste have increased.
Approximately 35-40% of the waste in landfills is paper and cardboard. Recycling paper is important to reduce the amount of paper waste that ends up in landfills, as it can take a long time to decompose and contributes to methane emissions.
About 300 million tons of plastic is produced globally each year. Only about 10 percent of that is recycled. Of the plastic that is simply trashed, an estimated seven million tons ends up in the sea each year.
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Not all trash in landfills is dangerous, but some items can definitely pose environmental and health risks. This includes items like certain plastics, chemicals, and electronic waste that can leach harmful substances into the soil and water. Proper waste management and recycling can help reduce these risks.
Energos is the name of a company that specializes in making energy from waste. This form of recycling not only creates energy but also helps to reduce the amount of trash that ends up in landfills.
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The trash Americans generate ends up in landfills. Landfills are becoming full and it is a problem to decide what to do with all the trash.
Yes, bio-degrading garbage produces methane, a dangerous greenhouse gas. Many landfills around the world are trying to capture this methane and use it to generate electricity. Not many are doing it successfully. Pig farms are trying to do the same with their large amounts of animal waste.
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the us wastes about over 356 billion pounds and 96.4 billion is ediable. . Fresh produce, milk, grain products and sweeteners made up two-thirds of the waste. A more recent study by the Environmental Protection Agency estimated that Americans generate roughly 30 million tons of food waste each year, which is about 12 percent of the total waste stream. All but about 2 percent of that food waste ends up in landfills; by comparison, 62 percent of yard waste is composted. Of course, eliminating food waste won't solve the problems of world hunger and greenhouse-gas pollution. But it could make a dent in this country and wouldn't require a huge amount of effort or money. The Department of Agriculture estimated that recovering just 5 percent of the food that is wasted could feed four million people a day; recovering 25 percent would feed 20 million people.