Last week Enviro Girl listened to a radio program where the guest speaker addressed the topic of garbage.  He cited statistics claiming Americans throw away 7 pounds of trash a day.  SEVEN POUNDS!  Enviro Girl did a little research on her own and discovered this, this and this. Genuinely depressing stuff when considering the money, land space, energy and other resources wasted in our disposal habits.  But Americans have a cavalier attitude about throwing stuff away–how can we convince people to throw away less stuff?  And how can we convince people that generating less trash takes very little effort? Continue reading →