It is widely believed that garbage is useless garbage. “Garbage,” as defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is something that is no longer useful or wanted and has been thrown away. This article will recognize the facts that disprove this definition. Trash can be seen in different ways by so many people and this will expose some of them very clearly. The reason for this article is to explain how to use waste that no one wants and, as a result, improve the environment, lifestyles and the overall value of our life on planet Earth. Waste is a huge problem in today's world. Each person produces 4.3 pounds of trash every day, and 85% of that trash is sent to landfill. This causes so many problems for our people, our country, animals and the environment in the short term, but also in the future. Every day people throw away plastic bottles, wrappers, boxes, chewing gum, food, cans, etc. All of these things don't just disappear once they end up in your apartment building's garbage pit. All these things have to end somewhere. It is a law of science that matter cannot be created or destroyed. So, any matter that exists, will exist forever. Should humans really allow this “waste” to exist in our landfills for centuries and years, forever? Or should they do something about it? Find a way to reuse, recycle and give back to the earth what has given them so much. Composting has almost seemed like a new trend for the last decade or so, but it's truly one of the greatest solutions to the waste problem that humans have discovered. As God said about our bodies coming from the dust and to the dust they will return, the food and other materials that were produced from the earth should be returned to the earth so that the cycle can remain... middle of paper... . ..and we think landfills aren't that bad, we see pictures of a bulldozer pushing garbage, but what's really the problem? This photograph above really gives a clear and literal picture of how huge a landfill it is. And think about how many millions of landfills there are throughout the world. We hope this makes people more aware of the seriousness of the problem at hand. Changing the world is no easy feat and we can't do it alone. If I only composted and recycled, but no one else did, it wouldn't even make a dent in the problem our world faces. But if every person realized that it matters and was inspired to do so, we could all form an army against this problem and fight back. We would be able to make a difference. Works Cited http://warrensburg.k12.mo.us/trees/students/students/katiel/http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/tools/localgov/benefits/