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Document Type
Argument Essay
Publication Date
1990
Excerpt
America has a definite problem on its hands. The general American public simply throws too much away. At nearly two hundred tons of household and commercial waste per year (industrial waste not accounted for), more than double that of West Germany or Japan, the United States is running out of places to put its garbage (Rice 98). Since 1/3 of the remaining landfills in the United States will be closed within the next five years, some actions must be taken immediately (National Geographic 411). While the growing waste problem will not be easy to resolve, the whole of the American public needs to make a collective effort to try to control this problem.
Recommended Citation
Bardenhagen, Eric, "Today's Trash: Tomorrow's Trouble (1990)" (1990). The Valpo Core Reader. 411.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/411