Talkin' Trash: American Wasteland

If you’re an “average American,” you produce about 4.4 pounds of trash per day (the global per person average is 2.6 pounds). The good news is that the average American also now composts and recycles about 1.5 pounds per day. But our recycling still lags far behind other developed countries – and many undeveloped ones. Recycling Across America has a simple plan: to get everyone on the country on the same recycled page so we understand it and can do it better! From confusing bins to “wish cycling,” RAC has solutions to help us clean up our act.