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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you've never been in bed with a mosquito."
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A tin can doesn't become garbage until it's thrown away.

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
Margaret Mead, anthropologist

Peace River Regional District is committed to reducing waste going to landfills by 50%.

Waste reduction is to garbage what health prevention is to medicine.

North America is home to only 5% of the world's population, but is responsible for consuming one-third of all of the Earth's resources--75% of which ends up wasted.
Global Action Plan for the Earth

To minimize resource use, most packaging is much lighter today than even a decade ago. In 1970 a soft drink can weighed 57 grams. The typical can now weighs 35 grams

Canadians use about 200 million aerosol cans per year. That's approximately seven per person.

The galloping increase in consumption has been a largely Western phenomenon until recent years.