Think You Don't Make a Difference?

You're wrong. The average American generates 4.5 pounds of trash each day. That's a lot of garbage. And do you know how much of the average landfill is taken up by paper products? 40%. So that means that the average American sends 1.8 pounds of paper products to a landfill every day. That's 657 pounds per person every year. 657 pounds of paper products. Those are recyclable, folks. If you live in a town with curb-side recycling--use it! For those of you in Pleasant Grove, Utah, I'll come pick up your paper recyclables weekly for $5 each month. Just email me at chelsea.unpaper@gmail.com and give me your name, street address and email and I'll set you up with a pickup day.

657 pounds per person per year. Let do something about that.

If you think I'm making up those numbers, I'm not. The statistics are courtesy of The Green Gardener's Guide by Joe Lamp'l.