Green

Why "Going Green" is the Right Way to Go

Even if you don't believe the world is ending like it did in disaster movies The Day After Tomorrow and 2012, there are still plenty of good reasons to "go green." Did you know that until the 1970s most trash was dumped straight into holes in the ground, where overtime it released hazardous chemicals and methane gas, "20 times more potent than carbon dioxide" straight into the atmosphere (Palmer)? Today laws are in place to ensure that methane is collected at these landfills, but collecting it requires expensive plumbing -- which means that big cities like New York now have to ship their garbage to large dumping facilities prepared to handle the waste. New York spends a $1 billion annually in trash and recycling collecting (Iannucci). So what can you do about it? Going green can help you to do...
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