What's In Our Trash
Each year the United States generates enough garbage to fill a convoy of trash trucks reaching halfway to the moon; and the convoy keeps getting longer.
Here's what's in our trash:
Paper 38%
Yard Trimmings 18%
Metal 8%
Plastics 8%
Glass 7%
Food Waste 7%
Other 14%
What's Being Recycled?
Aluminum 53%
Paper 50%
Glass 28%
Plastics 11%