Public Goods

Here are some interesting facts about garbage:
The most common garbage on the planet is cigarette butts. 4.5 billion of them are thrown out every year.
For the first time, the problem of waste recycling was dealt with in England 200 years ago. At the end of the XIX century, the first garbage incineration plant appeared there.
The largest landfill in the world is located in America. It covers an area of 1200 hectares.
Worldwide, more than 100,000 mammals, birds and fish die every year due to discarded plastic bags.
If you throw a paper napkin into the sea, it will disappear in three months, the matches will dissolve in six months. An abandoned cigarette butt floats in the sea for one to five years, and a polyethylene bag for ten to twenty years.