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Click next to view various facts about trash and waste management.

This encyclopedia articles gives an overview of various methods to dispose of trash.

This encyclopedia article gives an overview on waste management.

Trash is a central element of our lives, but we usually ignore it. The average American produces 4 pounds of trash every day and the United States as a whole produces about 700,000 tons of trash each year. These books lay out the history and scale of our love affair with garbage.

This link (accessible on campus) gives access to several ebooks about trash.

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In the US, we throw away 40 percent of our food supply every year. This wensote describes the problems posed by food waste and what we can do to eliminate it.