FACTS for the "greenies"

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Good Luck with that. -Industrial discharges, urban activities, agriculture, groundwater pumpage, and disposal of waste all can affect groundwater quality. (source: usgs.gov) -The world's oceans contain 7,000 to 35,000 tons of floating garbage, mostly plastic. Areas of the ocean where waste tends to concentrate are called "garbage patches." (source: culturalworld.org) -in the top 5 polluters in the world, we are joined by China, Russia, India, and Japan, Good luck getting those countries on the "green" boat. -Humans produce vast quantities of waste—in factories and offices, in our homes and schools, and in such unlikely places as hospitals. Even the most sophisticated waste processing plants, which use plasma torches (electrically controlled "flames" at temperatures of thousands of degrees) to turn waste into gas, produce solid waste products that have to be disposed of somehow. There's simply no getting away from waste: our ultimate fate as humans is to die and become waste products that have to be burned or buried! (source:explainthatstuff) -the cost of recycling solar panels is way higher than disposing of them in a landfill, and contain up to 8 toxic chemicals that can leach out into the surrounding land NOW, GET OUT THERE and GLUE YOURSELF to a PAINTING !!