Essay | Disposal of Garbage

This land is your land, this land is my land. From California, to New York Island. From the redwood forests, to the Gulf Stream Waters. This land was made for you and me. I love America, and I have no doubt that you do too. Everyone contributes to the beauty and prestige our lovely nation. Yet all of us have, yes, even you, helped to destroy the land that is our home. The simplest example: the pen that you are using to fill out my ballot, when spent, will no doubt be thrown away in the garbage can, or, heaven forbid, littered on the floor. From individual persons, to multi-national corporations, every American has added to the vast amount of refuse and waste piling on our beautiful land. As Henry David Thoreau said, "Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth."

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