Today I am talking trash over at My Heart Beets - the ugly truth about what is being thrown into landfills and how to reuse items instead of throwing them into the garbage. If you know me, then you know I am very passionate about reusing, upcycling, recycling, and keeping as much trash out of the landfill as possible. Let us join forces to make sure future generations will not be swimming in garbage!
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, every year Americans create 251 million tons of trash. This amount of trash being generated seems uncontrollable and is definitely unsustainable, however if each household reused one-fourth of their trash, it would make a giant impact for future generations.
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