It comes as no surprise humans throw away a lot of garbage. In fact, the average American throws away 81 pounds of clothes per year. In total, that’s 13 million tons of clothes thrown out per year in just America. These statistics make sense, as consumers throw away 60% of their clothes in the first year. Despite this, many Americans […]
With the rapidly deteriorating state of the environment, much attention has been drawn to the main causes of the emissions. With food waste being one of the largest polluting factors, it has gained a lot of traction recently. In fact, annually, 108 billion pounds of food are wasted every year. This food is sent off to the landfills where it […]
This week at the United Nations COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, the world’s top two greenhouse gas-emitting countries, the United States and China, made a surprising agreement to work together on limiting emissions to address the global climate crisis. They had good discussions on a range of issues including the transition to clean energy and de-carbonization, and it was […]