FMA Congresses; Reducing Waste Production One Container at a Time
With the average American throwing away 4.5 pounds of garbage per day, it shouldn't shock you to know that the entire U.S. population produces enough trash to fill a football-field size hole dug 100 miles deep each year.

WESTON, FL, April 14, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- With the average American throwing away 4.5 pounds of garbage per day, it shouldn't shock you to know that the entire U.S. population produces enough trash to fill a football-field size hole dug 100 miles deep each year. That's enough to pack 63,000 garbage trucks per day. Lined up, would form a train stretching halfway to the moon.

Americans and citizens of the world alike are starting to change the way they reduce, reuse and recycle trash and waste. The amount of trash ending up in landfills in 2005 was 133.3 million tons, which was less than the amount that wound up in landfills in 1980 when the U.S had 70 million fewer people.

Marathon Equipment Company, manufacturers of solid waste and recycling equipment, is a big part of solution, as they provide the largest selection of waste handling equipment available on the market.

"As part of the environmental solution for a reduction in waste, Marathon Equipment Company is committed to educating the public on how they can reduce the amount of waste they produce, with the first step being how to separate recyclables from other solid waste products. Then we provide them with the containers and equipment they need to manage solid waste and recyclables in an environmentally friendly and healthier way than throwing it in a landfill.

"Part of our commitment to education is attending the FMA Congresses events, which are smaller tradeshows than we typically attend, but provide us with an opportunity to meet more key people. Size isn't everything because we've been able to meet more potential customers than we originally anticipated and more importantly we've been able to meet more of the decision makers in companies and organizations," shares Marathon Equipment Company Regional Sales Manager Bob Quinn.

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