Mobro 4000: The Infamous Garbage Barge

Americans generate an enormous amount of trash. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency EPA, the average U.S. resident produces about 4.5 pounds of trash per day (compared to the global average of 1.6 pounds per day), amounting to nearly 300 million tons of trash annually. This makes Americans the largest producer of trash in the world. In order to keep up with the increase in curbside pickup volume, the number of landfills has increased, but they are still not enough to accommodate all the trash the country produces. Consequently, some of the excess waste is shipped to other states and even other nations.