Household waste increases by more than 25% from Thanksgiving to New Year's, according to the Clean Air Partnership, a public-private organization that advocates for air quality. The added waste from food, shopping bags, packaging, wrapping paper, bows and ribbons contributes to an additional 1 million tons of trash entering landfills each week.
"Methane is a climate change powerhouse. It's 28 times more effective than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the Earth's atmosphere," Blount said.
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