Is it weird that we take throwing stuff away in the trash for granted? We know that whatever we throw in there (for free) will end up in a landfill or incinerated, and somehow that's okay? I find it hard to tell that to my kids with a straight face
for free? In all USA cities I have lived there is a fee for residential trash pickup.
Yeah 'for free' is a bit of a stretch, I was thinking more about public trash cans than residential. Still, the idea is you can throw away pretty much whatever, no questions asked, and someone will put it away so you don't have to think about what happens to it
In most European countries it’s paid for by taxes, so you have no ideal what the real cost is.
It’s embarrassing and we should all be ashamed of ourselves for allowing such incredible waste to become an acceptable part of our lives.