Trashing the Planet: Examining Our Global Garbage Glut

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On a global scale humans create around 2.6 trillion pounds of waste every year. None of this trash is harmlesslandfills and dumps leak toxic chemicals into soil and groundwater while incinerators release toxic gases and particles into the air. What can we do to keep garbage from swallowing up Earth? Reducing reusing recycling and upcycling are some of the answers. Learn more about the work of the US Environmental Protection Agency the Ocean Cleanup Array the zero waste movement and the many other government business research and youth efforts working to solve our planets garbage crisis.