Yes, I did in fact post a picture of our room’s garbage and even though our garbage might be someone else’s treasure, our garbage will still be sent to a landfill. Did you know that America (as a nation) generates the most waste per day. On average, Americans waste four and a half more lbs/person/day. 55% is residential garbage and the other 45% comes from industries and commercial trade. Interestingly enough though, we as a people of St. Mary’s College have gone 100% green. At least as a college, we are wasting on average 900lbs/day less now prior to our tray days. On a side note, just last year we spent over $2 million on achieving going 100% green. In addition, St. Mary’s college is one out of 17 colleges in the United Sates purchasing 100% green energy. In totality, I thought this was amazing (that our college is good about not wasting and going green) and I just wanted to brag about our amazing-ness. Last but not least, I want to mention how the picture of our garbage is not art because it is garbage.
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