Great point! But yeah I think it does, given the source indeed uses “generates”: https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/teaming-up-to-keep-park-waste-out-of-landfill

Great point! But yeah I think it does, given the source indeed uses “generates”: https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/teaming-up-to-keep-park-waste-out-of-landfills.htm https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/teaming-up-to-keep-park-was... bringing in and generating nearly 70 million tons of trash God knows how they get to that number tho. Probably was a sum of all trash operations for all parks system-wide? That would include all the ranger’s trash from living there, along with any waste generated by maintenance, hospitality, and rescue activities. That makes a bit more sense if we consider that there are many national park service units (including national lakeshores, national battlegrounds, etc.), some of which presumably have a much lower ranger:visitor ratio than, say, Great Smoky Mountains NP. Like Gates of the Arctic NP! Some activities are pretty wasteful (looking at you, mountaineers) and some people dump their RV trash in the little trash cans at the visitor center, but no way that puts a dent in 400lb/person, IMO.