So you had a can of Coke today. Or maybe two. Maybe a bottle of water. You could have hung on to that can or bottle and dropped it into the recycle bin, but, you figured, its just a bit of plastic or aluminum, not a big deal.
Well, that is true, that one bit of pristine, highly recyclable material was just one little bit, but it is one bit of an enormous mountain of stuff consumed hourly by the United States. An artist has gone to some effort to try to impress us with the scale of consumption here. Follow the link to see a few images of his work, which consists of images composed of the stuff we toss out.
Images: American mass consumption, by the numbers | CNET News.com
Well, that is true, that one bit of pristine, highly recyclable material was just one little bit, but it is one bit of an enormous mountain of stuff consumed hourly by the United States. An artist has gone to some effort to try to impress us with the scale of consumption here. Follow the link to see a few images of his work, which consists of images composed of the stuff we toss out.
Images: American mass consumption, by the numbers | CNET News.com
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