BDN Opinion: Holidays bring gifts and good cheer — and a lot of trash
Bangor Daily News Opinion Page. December 17, 2019
Senior Faculty Fellow Linda Silka‘s article in the Bangor Daily News discusses the amount of trash produced over the holidays, the growing problem of trash in Maine, and the ‘trash team’s’ search for sustainable solutions.
This time of year we see future trash everywhere. This might seem an odd way to refer to wonderful presents and beautiful wrapping paper. But we generate lots of future trash. Go to any store and you will see so many packages going out the door. Gifts for our families. For our friends. For all of the kind people who make our lives easier.
Early on Christmas morning everything looks beautiful. Yet just hours later, discards are everywhere. Hang out on your street the day after. You’ll likely be taken aback at the mounds of trash and at how hard your trash collectors work to cart it away.