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GOOD: Mister Trash Can

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While carbon emissions may be the current cause célèbre of the environmental movement, let's not forget the more tangible waste products we are unleashing upon the earth. Annually, households and businesses throw out 251 million tons of trash. And while, not shockingly, the major offenders are industries such as mining, everyday American consumers are responsible for five pounds of trash a day. We're resolving to watch our wastelines in 2009.
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