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    Trash Is America's Largest Export!

    We make more than four pounds a day, sixty-four tons across a lifetime. We make so much of it that trash dominates America's place in the global economy. http://idreambooks.com/newbooks/1215-Garbology

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    In 2010, China's number-one export to the U.S. was computer equipment. America's two biggest exports were paper waste and scrap metal. Somehow, a country that once built things for the rest of the world has transformed itself into China's trash compactor.In Garbology, Edward Humes ( http://idreambooks.com/newbooks/1215-Garbology) reveals what this world of trash looks like, how we got here, and what some families, communities, and other countries are doing to find a way back from a world of waste.

    The State of Garbage in America, Where Does It Go?

    The State of Garbage In The World, Where Does It Go?

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