Garbage and its impact on climate change

Climate change is a hot topic these days with the federal government. Canada‘‘s target is to reduce the Greenhouse Gas emissions by 6% below the 1990 levels between 2008 and 2012. The parties involved in the Kyoto Protocol met on February 16th 2005 to put the Kyoto Protocol into force. Kyoto Protocol was ratified by Canada in 2002 (Source Info).



The products we consume generate greenhouse gas emissions at almost all stages, from extracting and processing resources for raw materials, to the energy required in manufacturing, to the methane and carbon dioxide released when waste decomposes in landfills.



It’s estimated that for every can of garbage we take to the curb, another 71 garbage cans of waste are created in mining, logging, agriculture, oil and gas exploration, and the industrial processes that contribute to those finished products and their packaging (source: Grassroots Recycling Network)