14. Waste Management
 
Definition:
 
Handling, treatment, storage and disposal of waste products.  Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs
 
What are some of the problems related to this issue?
 
If everyone in the U.S. recycled their Sunday newspaper from one Sunday, it would save 500,000 trees every week.
American consumers and industry throw away enough aluminum to rebuild our entire commercial air fleet every three months.  Monroe County Waste Management District
 
North Americans throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour.
Every Sunday, more than 500,000 trees are used to produce the 88% of newspapers that are never recycled. Environmental Defense Fund, 1996
 
Packaging accounts for 50 percent of all paper produced in North America, 90 percent of all glass, and eleven percent of aluminum.  Every year we dispose of 24 million tons of leaves and grass clippings, which could be composted to conserve landfill space.  Environmental Defense Fund, 1996
 

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