Kelly, Katie
Katie Kelly was a former contributing editor to Time magazine.
America produces over 360 million tons of garbage per year, Garbage, 1973.If we are dedicated to garbage in general, we must surely note our specific dedication to packaging, for if there is one thing we love, it is our one-way, throwaway, disposable package. Ibid.
In 1970 each person in the United States used 556 pounds of paper products - almost all of it disposable and disposed. Ibid.
The rolling stock of the New York City Department of Sanitation numbers 2,010 vehicles. Ibid.
It is estimated that over one million fuel drums are lying around and about the north coast of Alaska. Ibid.