fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoMan caught living for 8 years among half-ton of trash in national forest, feds saywww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square69linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarehorn_e4_beaver@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 days ago I guess “1000lbs of trash” doesn’t sound as bad as “half a ton”? That’s like, maybe 1-2 months of household, curbside waste for an average family. I’m sorry, WHAT?
minus-squaremunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 days ago Individually, the average American generated 4.9 pounds of waste per day in 2018 4.9 lb/day x 4 people x 30 days = 588 lbs, so really not that far off. https://govfacts.org/housing-infrastructure/solid-waste-management/waste-collection-disposal/where-americas-waste-goes/
minus-squarematthurtme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoWhat, you don’t weigh all your trash in your trash scale at home? /s
minus-squarehorn_e4_beaver@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoMore shocked at the amount of waste Americans generate.
I’m sorry, WHAT?
4.9 lb/day x 4 people x 30 days = 588 lbs, so really not that far off.
https://govfacts.org/housing-infrastructure/solid-waste-management/waste-collection-disposal/where-americas-waste-goes/
What, you don’t weigh all your trash in your trash scale at home? /s
More shocked at the amount of waste Americans generate.