Why is everyone so worried about how much trash people throw away? I throw away 10 bags of trash a week.? If the landfill gets full we can always make a new one.

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• Yeah, we%26#039;ll make a new one on your house. Space is limited. It is only fair that the people who do not want to cut back their trash consumption should house the trash. Thanks for the offer!
• yea but trash i bulky and i guess some people dont like it.
• Lets just start burning all the trash
• I can only assume that this is not a serious question. A lot of the trash that we throw away does not biodegrade - meaning it will sit in that landfill for years and years. And those products that do break down can send dangerous chemicals through the soil and into the aquifer, where much of our drinking water comes from. Not to mention the bacteria from rotting food, the growing demand for real estate in the country and the fact that, if the country gets overrun with garbage, we can%26#039;t just make a new one.
• You seem to use common sense. Too bad we can%26#039;t send all the environmental loons to Mars where maybe they can be happy. Next week dump 20 bags in the trash you might as well get your money%26#039;s worth from you local garbage collector. For the info of some of the nut cases here. Most people have no idea where there nearest landfill is. Assuming that none of the trash in all the landfills in the US decomposes we will use up available land by the year 24,956. I guess it is better to plan ahead of time.
• well if every threw away 10 bags aof trash a week u r house would be madeout of trash RECYCLE ur junk!! annnd you waould run out of room in the world
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• I am assuming you are throwing out trash in plastic bags. The only reason everyone is worried about how much trash people throw away is that %26quot;plastic%26quot; takes about 100 years to decay in the ground.
  
  If you throw your trash out in paper bags, there would be less concern.
  
  Hope this helps.
• Where do you think all these wonderful landfills will be placed? What happens to all the toxins that are burried underground? What can you possibly be doing to generate 10 bags of trash/week? B/c you are probably young and foolish, I will not bother educating you on on the finer points as to why you should rethink your decisions. Here%26#039;s an interesting little movie that may help you. www.thestoryofstuff.com
  
  You sound like a rebel, I hope you find the right cause for yourself and the planet.
  
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• Are you crazy? Think of it like this, if you keep throwing all that trash away, the landfill will eventually be right in your back yard!! I live less than a mile from a landfill. Have you ever drove by one....looks like a HUGE hill and omg the smell of it. It is so awful makes me want to be sick everytime I drive by. If the wind blows just right I can sit on my front porch and smell it. We will eventually overload the earth with all of our trash and then what??
• Are you 12 years old?
• jersey is a huge landfill... well if you are worried about that then you should stop buying individually wrapped things and make sure that they are biodegradable.
• Its not that big of a world