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Waste reduction - Coggle Diagram

- - - - A way to recycle CBs was by turning them into Lightweight Bricks
- - - - In Portland, Ore., the city picked up more garbage in 2020 than any other year on record: 3,000 tons, 50% more than the previous year. Additionally, requests to clean up trash and remove graffiti were up 300% over 2019. Norfolk, Va., is seeing “historic highs” in litter and illegal dumping, according to Sarah Sterzing, the program manager of Keep Norfolk Beautiful. Reports to Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful of illegal dumping were up 213% in 2020 over 2019.
        
        (As people shift to socializing outside, other countries including the United Kingdom, Canada, and Jordan are seeing a litter problem too.)
        
        Residential waste has increased
        
        States that banned single-use plastic bags lifted those bans during the pandemic, and demand for single-use plastics went up once again.