I'm not exaggerating when I say that your comment shocked me. If your municipal authority offers 'tours' of landfill facilities I'd urge you to sign-up for one

I'm not exaggerating when I say that your comment shocked me. If your municipal authority offers 'tours' of landfill facilities I'd urge you to sign-up for one. The scale is staggering. In Northern Ireland, with fewer than 2 million inhabitants, we have one of the highest recycling rates in Europe ( about 40% ) yet still 400,000 tonnes of waste goes to landfill very year. 200kg per capita The USA generates roughly twice as much waste per capita...