Growing up near rural Missouri, I was used to the aromatic, though far from ambrosial, stench emanating from hog farms, cow pastures and horse barns. Thankfully, I do not notice perfume unless it is right below my nose. God knew what He was doing when He designed me. Drive by a New York landfill on […]
Tag Archives: Landfills
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Mar
Mar
Michigan is the third largest importer of garbage in the nation, ranking behind Virginia and Pennsylvania. Most of the imported garbage comes from Canada, Michigan also receives waste from all the neighboring states and as far as New York. Michigan has become a hotbed of land in the Midwest. Michigan earned this title in response […]
I use up and discard about 4 batteries a week, 16 per month and almost 200 per year. You may not have thought that batteries are a major environmental pollution problem. Unfortunately they are. This problem is getting worse every year that passes since more and more of our gadgets contain batteries. Batteries are everywhere […]
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Nov
Nov
Most of us have them somewhere: throwing away our cell phones and packing them up. Now an integral part of American life, millions of cell phones are replaced each year, and many of them end up in landfills. Grab your cell phones, batteries, and accessories and consider donating them to one of these worthy causes. […]
Every day, one PC becomes obsolete and is no longer used for every PC that is put on the market for sale. While millions of desktop PCs – not to mention laptops and desktops, plus cell phones and other consumer electronics – are sold each year, the number that end up in landfills is staggering. […]