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Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Craigslist is quietly changing how much Americans throw away

Craigslist is quietly changing how much Americans throw away

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Suvrat Dhanorkar has quantified exactly how much less we waste thanks to the 23-year-old platform.

The average American generates about 1,500 pounds of garbage annually, and then spends lots of tax dollars disposing of it. Even as recycling has taken off across the country in recent decades, the volume of all this trash has kept growing–albeit at a slower pace. Since I research how people are using the internet to reuse products, share resources, and generally make more sustainable choices, I decided to see whether Craigslist might be helping to at least slow the pace of solid waste growth.

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via Fast Company http://bit.ly/2ctvQEN

November 27, 2018 at 08:45PM

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