The secret life of garbage [Infographic]
The world throws away more than 750 million tons of garbage each year, and not all of it ends up where you think.
Mon, Sep 17 2012 at 5:59 PM
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Infographic courtesy of Businessdegree.net

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anonymous
madison hall Nov 28 2012 at 10:59 AM

you know what recycling is a very important thing to do ecipacially in this country. people need to get a gripp of themselves for crying out loud. guys just recycle it cant be that freaking hard..

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anonymous
Jim Oct 17 2012 at 3:24 AM

Has anyone heard of B Green innovations? They make garbage bags that break down into biodegradable waste and it's made from used tires. I'd post the web page but everyone needs to look for them selves.

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anonymous
Leonne Oct 17 2012 at 8:50 AM

That B Green sounds very interesting. I might actually try that in my Company and see if it lives up to the bill.

Leonne K.

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anonymous
narenpanjwany Sep 19 2012 at 9:50 AM
yes ,recycling is must that we do understand but it has to be in right way right options and with right measurements otherwise this will be a great problematic process which could be the cause of large quantum of toxic chemicals and its very well known these chemicals are cause of chronic diseases ,diseases like cancer too..its really worry able i never thought in detail about garbage recycling ..,but here after going through this note, knew about how important is this in our routine life ..in nutshell
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our processes of recycling must be done with very corrective measures !
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anonymous
Lilly Sep 18 2012 at 2:36 PM
Ok, recycling is without a doubt a MUST, a real necessity. But it's important to do it right and not a downcycle. Otherwise we are really just postponing a problem and adding even more toxic chemicals on our materials. Not to mention losing a large amount of material. About this burning trash for steam power, how safe is that? What about all the toxic chemicals that are released into the atmosphere in the burning process? Simplistic solutions, such as burning or burrying carelessly, just take us
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back to medieval times, when people would use those solutions to deal with the things that were beyond their understanding. In my humble point of view, I think we must be really carefull and sensible, and give this subject more research so we can find the best way of using our waste and really close the loop. Being sustainable is not turning a linear system into a spiral system and gain some more time. It's about designing materials with their afterlife on mind.
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