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2.5 – 5 billion tons of U.S. soil are eroded every year. U.S. at night. U.S. paved land is now the size of Georgia. Proxima Cetauri is 25 trillion miles away!!. U.S. Municipal Waste and Recycling. Year 1991 2001 U.S. Population 249,439,545 286,345,000
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U.S. at night. U.S. paved land is now the size of Georgia.
U.S. Municipal Waste and Recycling Year 1991 2001 U.S. Population 249,439,545 286,345,000 Municipal Waste Generated (tons) 293,613,000 409,029,000 Percentage Recycled 11.5% 32% Tons Disposed 259,847,000 278,139,720 Tons Disposed Per Person 1.041 0.979
WASTE IMPORTERS, 2000 ( TONS) 1.Pennsylvania 9,764,000 2. Virginia 3,891,000 3. Michigan 3,124,000 4. Illinois 1,548,000 5. Indiana 1,531,000 WASTE EXPORTERS, 2000 ( TONS) 1.New York 5,600,000 2.New Jersey 1,800,000 3. Missouri 1 ,793,000 4. Maryland 1,547,000 5.Massachusetts 1,218,000
INTERNATIONAL WASTE TRADE (2001) Waste Imported into the U.S. 30,567,000 tons Waste Exported out of the U.S. -18,255,030 tons Net Import of Waste Into the U.S. 12,311,970 tons
Plastic is dissolving faster than expected. Good news – amount of pieces of plastic not increasing. Bad news – the plastic is very toxic to ocean life.
“The Lord can make you tumble, The Lord can make you turn, The Lord can make you rock and roll, But the Lord can’t make you burn. Burn on, big river, burn on.” (Randy Newman, “Burn on, Big River”) Cuyahoga River fires: 1952, 1969
At 10 a.m. today: 6,880,879,910 (U.S. Census Bureau) http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/popclockw http://www.ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop