https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a Post some supporting evidence. (pictures) en-us 2016-09-12 23:07:30 UTC 2023-03-24 04:51:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png bhasty https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123308458 Americans use 80 million bottles of water daily. America has only a 20% recycling rate compared to only 50% for the rest of the world. 30 million of those 80 million bottles end up in landfills. A great deal of plastic and trash ends up in the oceans. The Central Pacific garbage gyre is twice the size of Texas. There are five more similar gyres spread across the world’s oceans.
(These are not quotes; they are paraphrases, so no " " but you still must (Tapped).)]]> 2016-09-12 23:09:01 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123308458 https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123422555 Americans have "won" the world trash derby without really trying, making at least 50% more garbage per person than other Western economies with similar standards of living.]]> 2016-09-13 13:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123422555 https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123422604 America's create more trash than anyone else in the world. On average, we throw away approximately 7.1 pounds per person per day in 365 days of a year. It is something that we are addicted to, and it easily accumulates over time. Soon we will see that this is going to be how America is going to be like in the future. It also has easy access to the ocean, which can also harm our underwater creatures. Plastic is the most common item found in the water, and it is one of the biggest problems that society does not seem to find a solution for (Garbology).]]> 2016-09-13 13:10:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123422604 https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123422786 Each American produces 4.5 pounds of waste per  day.

]]> 2016-09-13 13:11:06 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123422786 https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123422805 Every American will create several tons of waste in their lifetime. Most of which is plastic that will end up in the ocean. Their rubbish will sit for decades, with millions of other people's refuse, because it is unable to decompose. The plastic that makes it into the ocean will soak up toxins and radiation from illegal dumping. The plastic is then eaten by fish and begins it's trip up the food chain and eventually on our dinner plates. Once it gets there it will start poisoning people and at this point there's nothing  ]]> 2016-09-13 13:11:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123422805 https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123423243 Despite hauling for only a short period of time, Crowley was able to pull in an assorted collection of detergent bottles, milk jugs, water containers, chunks of Styrofoam, an old bucket, lawn chairs, twisted pieces of old fishing gear and derelict nets, a well used toothbrush, and a plentiful array of jagged and cracked pieces of plastic, and that was only that which could be seen from the surface. (Garbology chapter 6)]]> 2016-09-13 13:12:06 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123423243 https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123423423 We chop down trees, we blow up mountains and use up all the minerals inside and kill wildlife off. In the Amazon alone we've used 2,000 trees a minute. (story of stuff)]]> 2016-09-13 13:12:30 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123423423 hpatel12 https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123423430 We throw away things we buy, 6 months after its use , even when there is nothing wrong with the item and can still be efficiently used]]> 2016-09-13 13:12:31 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123423430 https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123423530 As the ]]> 2016-09-13 13:12:43 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123423530 https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123424248 I'm going to turn into an ice cube]]> 2016-09-13 13:14:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123424248 https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123424380 1/3 of planets natural resources base heave been consumed ]]> 2016-09-13 13:14:30 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123424380 shamaya94 https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123424431 2016-09-13 13:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123424431 hpatel12 https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123424845 2016-09-13 13:15:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123424845 hpatel12 https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123425870 2016-09-13 13:17:37 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123425870 https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123425889 2016-09-13 13:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123425889 https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123426862 Just the U.S alone is making 30% of the worlds waste. 99% of the things that we consume and buy is trashed within 6 months. The average person throws out at least 7.1 pounds per]]> 2016-09-13 13:19:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123426862 shamaya94 https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123427442 2016-09-13 13:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123427442 shamaya94 https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123427450 Selling all toxic ]]> 2016-09-13 13:20:27 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123427450 https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123427533 The US only has 5% of the worlds population but we are making 30% of the worlds waste.]]> 2016-09-13 13:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123427533 https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123427905 2016-09-13 13:21:18 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123427905 https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123428433  ]]> 2016-09-13 13:22:18 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123428433 https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123428473 99 percent of the stuff we produce is waste in 6 months]]> 2016-09-13 13:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123428473 shamaya94 https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123428522 Selling all toxic contaminated junk as quickly as possible. Keep prices down to keep the people buying and the inventory moving. ]]> 2016-09-13 13:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123428522 https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123430658 2016-09-13 13:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123430658 https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123432456 Yooo]]> 2016-09-13 13:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bhasty/6xyvx5xxd91a/wish/123432456