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Archive for July 25th, 2008

i’m not the only one who tried to stop buying plastic

Add comment July 25th, 2008

time did its own article. (and it tipped me off to one woman’s blog. she’s way more serious and committed than i was in a week.)

a few facts stood out for me.

The U.S. produced 28 million tons of plastic waste in 2005 — 27 million tons of which ended up in landfills.

Plastic makes up nearly 12% of our trash, up from 1% in 1960.