Oscar the Grouch, the icky green Sesame Street character who makes his home in a garbage can, was originally orange.
The garbage generated by the United States each year includes up to 20 billion disposable diapers.
From 1970 to 1995, the amount of garbage in the United States increased about 80 percent, while the number of landfills in the nation decreased by the same level.
Estimates reveal that as much as one quarter of the food produced in America annually is lost to spoilage or non-use.
Per the Ocean Conservancy, nearly 30 percent of the garbage in the world’s oceans consists of remnants of cigarettes (mostly the filters).
On average, more than 1,500 pounds of trash is generated annually by every man, woman and child in the United States.
