“Every year, Americans throw away enough paper and plastic cups, forks, and spoons to circle the equator 300 times.” Clean air council. Not only is America a leading contributor to waste each year, but is harming the environment more than ever. Waste is a huge contributor for the need of “Island Civilization” because most waste is non-decomposable and will continue to pollute the environment for thousands of years to come. In the United States, over 7 billion pounds of PVC are thrown away each year, meaning that 7 billion pounds are just sitting in landfills polluting and destroying the Earth. Possible ways to cut down on waste is recycling. Statistics show that 40-50 percent of Americans recycle, while only around 25 percent of the World population recycles. This misleading part is that Americans account for 254 million tons of garbage annually which is the most of any country. The problem with waste is that no matter how much someone recycles; there will always be items that need to be discarded and are useless. This meaning that waste is inevitable. Will waste lead to a need for Island Civilization? Even in an Island Civilization there would still be waste, and nowhere to put it without polluting the environment. So far the World has dealt with waste and has found ways to decrease and control it, such as burning waste. I think that the World can control waste for right now but with the current rate that the United States and other leading waste countries such as Russia are going something will need to be changed in the future to help control waste.

http://www.cleanair.org/Waste/wasteFacts.html/

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