| Did you know that roughly 57 percent of all trash | | | | reclaimable for other uses due to the |
| winds up in the over 7500 US landfills yearly | | | | overcontamination of pollutants. If we keep |
| according to the US EPA? Do you realize that | | | | needing to create more landfills for our trash, then |
| trash production has nearly tripled since 1960? We | | | | soon we will be struggling for good natural land to |
| certainly do live in a society that has adopted a | | | | build on or use for open spaces. |
| disposable mentality! How many times have you | | | | How can you help to change this dangerous and |
| heard somebody say, "Just go buy a new one?" | | | | concerning consumer course? You can purchase |
| When what they have could be repaired or | | | | organic, sustainable and renewable consumer |
| reconditioned. | | | | goods. Goods made from organic or sustainable |
| The danger to everyone on planet earth with this | | | | materials are easily recyclable or composted and |
| disposable mentality of ours is that all of our | | | | does not go "toxic" when breaking down. A good |
| landfills emit harmful leachate gases that can | | | | example is 100% organic cotton clothing. It makes |
| become comingled with our water supply. Many | | | | good logic that since the clothing is made from |
| older landfills do not have liners, leachate collection | | | | only naturally occurring plants that the cloth will |
| systems or groundwater monitoring systems. | | | | easily return to the earth in a positive manner. |
| These dangerous gases are created when | | | | Each stage of this product's life cycle is |
| weather, humidity and non organic materials | | | | sustainable and minimizes negative impact on the |
| (plastics, phytochemicals) are compressed and | | | | earth and environment. |
| aged together. ( Also landfill land is not easily | | | | |