‘As the economy declines, so is the amount of trash thrown out by San Diego residents and consumers. Last month, haulers brought in 66,000 tons of trash to the city’s Miramar landfill – a 12 percent decline from the same period last year, NBC SanDiego.com reports.
The reason for this is because food waste – which typically uses up more landfill space than any other type of trash – has gone down as consumers tighten their budgets and eat at home- to read more go to Environmental Leader