2,120,000,000 tons of waste are dumped each year (The World Counts). Trash is filling the ocean, covering beaches, and piling up on the side of roads and in nature reserves. Our planet cannot sustain this type of waste production. If we don’t change soon, trash will build up, filling streets contaminating water, and possibly making some places unlivable. Not everything needs to just be used once, in fact, most things should not be used just once. When you drink a plastic water bottle, you can refill it instead of getting a new one, you can use bags multiple times, you can use the front and back of paper, among other things. My point is, get as much out of everything you use as you can. When you do get rid of something however, recycle it. You can recycle any and all possible metals, plastics, paper, and other materials and buy things that are made from recycled materials to reduce what waste reaches the dump.
Source:The World Counts. www.theworldcounts.com/challenges/waste/global-waste-problem.