It's easy to throw something in a . We don't usually think about our local landfills unless complaining about the smell when we drive by them, but the average person generates 4.6 pounds of trash per day.

This trash ends up in two places.  It's in or it ends up in environmental and the ocean. Waste disposal poses a to not only the Earth and its environment but humans as well.

When waste is in the ocean, the ocean dwellers mistake it for food or get tangled up in it. When waste is disposed of via burning or nuclear, it emits toxins in the air, which people breathe in.

People can limit this crisis by reducing the amount of waste. By choosing to use products that can be recycled or placed in a compost pile, every household can reduce their waste.

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