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Trash Stinks and So Do These Stats! – Infographic

 by General Kinematics,

 

If you think that trash stinks, just wait till you read these statistics!

And these stat are just the tip of the iceberg (err … trashheap?)

Trash Stinks and So Do These Stats

 

We can’t believe it …

  • Just 34% of America’s trash gets recycled
  • Americans produce the equivalent of a Superdome full of garbage every 2.5 days
  • Trash in the US weighs 2.43 times as much as the total number of semis in the US (6,272,250 semis)
  • The total weight of trash Americans produce each year is equivalent to a quarter of the weight of every human on earth combined

And that’s just the start!  If your community recycles, take advantage of it. If it doesn’t, get one started!

General Kinematics Corporation, incorporated in 1960, was established to market, design, and custom fabricate innovative vibratory equipment for the foundry, recycling, mining, and processing industries. Today the company continues as one of the world’s largest suppliers of vibratory processing equipment and has evolved into an industry-leading EPC firm. Headquartered in Crystal Lake, IL, General Kinematics has seven global locations providing engineering and support to a world-wide customer base. GK is a third generation, family-owned company and is ISO 9001 certified.