A newspaper article recently noted that: “The average person generates 4.3 pounds of waste per day. This is 1.6 pounds more than most produced back in 1960. Where does it all go? Approximately 55% of 220 million tons of waste generated each year in the United States ends up in one of the over 3,500 landfills. Municipal solid waste landfills are the second-largest source of human-related methane emissions in the United States, accounting for approximately 22 percent of these emissions in 2008 (EPA, 2011).” Oh great. Humans create more hot air gasses from our garbage than cows’ farts. In 2012, the Globe and Mail reported that: “We waste approximately 40 per cent of our food, or $27-billion worth, according to the Value Chain Management…

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