Statistics say that 55% of our waste ends up in the landfills,
31% is recycled, and 14% is burned.

The question is are we running out of room for new landfills? It takes about 10 billion dollars to build a new landfill. This is why we as people who inhabit this Earth have got to begin looking for ways to cut down on our contribution to the landfill problems.

Bottled water isn't so much the problem as the disposal of the plastic containers. Many people are diligent about recycling their plastic water bottles, but others just don't seem to be as concerned.

Leonardo Dicaprio, a personal hero of mine, said it best when he said "Global warming is not only the number one issue affecting the environment—it's one of the most important issues facing all of humanity. "It's something that's going to affect not only us, but our children and our grandchildren…and generations to come," says Leo.

Elizabeth Rogers, author of The Green Book stated "If everyone in America simply separated the paper, plastic, glass and aluminum products from the trash and tossed them into a recycling bin, we could decrease the amount of waste sent to landfills by 75 percent. Currently, it takes an area the size of Pennsylvania to dump all our waste each year."

Let's begin to become more aware of the waste issues on this planet and make a promise to ourselves that we will hold ourselves accountable!

Some Ideas Elizabeth Rogers suggests to eliminate waste

Buy products with minimal to no packaging
Pack a waste-free lunch (Use re-usable lunch box, containers, cutlery ect..)

Good tips from O At Home Magazine

Enter your zip code at www.earth911.org or www.redo.org and you'll be directed to a list of nearby recycling centers, as well as to agencies that might be able to put your hand-me-downs to good use.

If you don't have a vehicle to take your trash to the local transfer station or dump, rent a truck or call 1-800-GOT-JUNK (www.1800gotjunk.com), a nationwide service that carts away just about anything that two men can lift. They'll take your junk to a charity, recycling center, or dump. Their fee is based on volume.

Recycle floppy disks, CDs and jewel cases, and DVDs, as well as videotapes, audiotapes, and their plastic cases at www.greendisk.com. Just print a form off the site, pack everything into a box, weigh it, include a check for the processing fee and mail it to GreenDisk which will even destroy all the existing data on your media and then send you a certificate of destruction.

The Scroungers' Center for Reusable Art Parts (www.scrap-sf.org) and Materials for the Arts (www.mfta.org) would love your carpet and textile scraps, spare parts, lighting fixtures, broken dishes, and ceramics. They make them available to artists and to schoolteachers for art projects.

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