And it was obvious to me (and many others) in the 1970s or before, which is really, really sad
We simply cannot continue producing at the same rate. It’s impossible to sustain
2+ *billion* tons of solid municipal waste per year, expected to grow to 3.5 billion tons per year by 2050
https://www.theworldcounts.com/challenges/planet-earth/waste/global-waste-problem
And it’s almost never in the mainstream discussions about "climate change” (which is more accurately the destruction of our entire planetary ecosystem)
Peter Butler
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