Garbage

Excess garbage has become a big problem in the last decade. We realized that landfills are not what we thought they were going to be. The fact that landfills as safe as we thought they would be. We did not separate certain materials, so then chemicals, and other hazardous elements, began going through the bottom of the landfill, leaking into water tables, leaching to minerals and other natural elements, and making there was to people; where they were (and still are) then exposed to the chemicals. We have made many changes for the good, when it comes to garbage, lately. We have begun to recycle with better efficiency. Now most people have a garbage bin AND a recycle bin (that is the same size as the garbage bin) at their homes. We have made great strides but only when you compare where we are now to where we were before. There are still many things we need to get better at (and continue getting better at). One of those ‘things’ is being more innovative. We still do not have a perfect way of getting rid of all of the garbage that we create.  In my mind, the best answer would be to not create garbage in the first place. This is known, but it does not lead to any change. People really need to be more aware of what they use and consume and throw away. Simply being more aware of what we do on a daily basis and the implications of our actions could be the biggest change of all.