I never had an interest about garbage, until I realized how we can all become instant hoarders and how we accumulate many things we don't even need. In the introduction we are illustrated two short hoarder story's. The Gaston, an elderly couple who were saved on time before they were buried under their own trash, but unfortunately, the Collyen's brothers died from starvation and collapse of garbage. It's surprising that by average an individual can throw away "102 tons of trash a year". I multiplied 102 by my age and concluded that I have thrown away approximately 1800 tons of trash during my life and yet, I don't understand what I have thrown away that has created so much trash.
In chapter one, we are introduced "largest active municipal dump in the country" Puente Hills created by mike sSpeiser known as "big Mike"(20).Eventhough, Puente Hills is a sanitized landfill it doesn't make a difference because our trash is still there.Our trash can be cover by dirt after its "crushed and compacted"but that still doesnt make our trash disapear. Its surprising to know that our trash creates pills of mountains everyday. Before our landfills many people would throw their trash out their window and onto the ground, well people still do, but it would be dangerous back then because animals like rats would munch on the crums and fleas would create a plague and people would get sick. Theirs still many animals today that can create plague and harm the community, for example, seagulls fly around looking for left over food, cockroaches tend to go into homes looking for food, especially in a hoarders home. I can't imagine where our trash would go if we didn't have landfills, I asked myself, what would I do if we didn't have landfills, and garbage systems? I conclude that I would burn it and bury it, but then again I would still be polluting our environment by the smoke and ashes. It's annoying to think that we don't have a solution to where we should put our waste Dumps, car smog, hair products, and other chemicals create
In chapter two, in the early twentieth century, New York is decribed as a dump. Colonel George E. Warning a "Civil War veteran" help clean New York streets with the help of a group known as the "white Wings"(43). If California was messy I would volunteer to clean my nieghborhood. Its wierd thinking that New York would be messy since its a state that is visted, especially durning new years. Its intresting to think that garbage system has change many things. for example, know we place our trash in garbage bins. Warning did three garbage bins: one to throw away all ash, second one for food waste, and the third bin for rubbish items, just like Warning had three bins my family had them too. In Riverside county, each house was given three bins: one is for food waste just like Warning, the other is for recycling such as bottles, plastic, boxes, and the last bin is for dry, wreaked leaves, cut grass or wood material. Having a clean environment sound like a dream, but if we commite to having it clean we can do it, especially if we consume less we can decrease our thrash. its funny knowing that many "parks, zoos,lakes,golf course, museuns, and other national projects" are on top of what used to be a local dump.
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