Rubbish: Easy to Produce, but Hard to Get Rid of
We produce a lot of rubbish. There is no question about it. The amount of rubbish we throw away is surprising (surprise). Scientists report that Americans produce about five___41___(pound) of rubbish per person-every day. Forty years ago, each person___42___(produce) only half of it each day. There are___43___(near) 300 million people in the US. You do the math. How much rubbish do we produce every day?
In___44___(add) to the amount of rubbish we produce, how we get rid of it is another problem. The plastic bags that we place outside of our homes need to be ___45___(carry) away every week. These bags are not___46___(friend) to the environment at all.
Nobody is sure how long a plastic bag takes to totally break down, because we've only been___47___(use) plastic as a business for about 90 years. It is___48___(believe), however, that it may take 100 years for a plastic bag to completely break down. I am sure that you will feel___49___(happy) to think that a plastic bag can live longer than the___50___(major) of people on earth.