The US makes up less than 5% of the global population, yet they make more than 25% of the worlds trash. The US makes the most trash on earth, and even the second largest trash producer comes nowhere close to the US. The vast majority of the trash that ends up in US landfills and the ocean is recyclable. Even with recycling programs across the US, the majority of recyclable materials still end up in landfills and the ocean. Should the US be made to pay to the cost of the global environmental impact this causes?
Beside the environmental impact caused by US trash production, there is the economic impact of an extra tax burden on every American taxpayer due to the increasing cost of trash collection. This problem is exacerbated by China no longer allowing foreign trash to be stored in their country. Is it time for the US population to be forced to separate ALL recyclable materials from trash, and be made to pay outrageous trash pick-up fees to discourage freely producing trash?
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