Observation
I have observed that a large portion of Grandville homes only have 1 curbside trash bin in the household. Upgrading to two bins, one for trash and one for just recycling, can greatly decrease the amount of perfectly recyclable or compostable material being unnecessarily sent to landfills every year.
Statistics
-Over 87% of Americans have access to curbside or drop off paper recycling programs -source
-54.2% of all materials are sent to landfills rather than being recycled or repurposed -source
-In 2009, we filled United States landfills with trash equivalent to the weight of 88 million cars -source
-In 2009, Americans produced enough trash to circle the Earth 24 times -source
-54.2% of all materials are sent to landfills rather than being recycled or repurposed -source
-In 2009, we filled United States landfills with trash equivalent to the weight of 88 million cars -source
-In 2009, Americans produced enough trash to circle the Earth 24 times -source