We all know that earth has a trash problem, but it can be hard to truly understand the gravity of the problem when you can’t even wrap your head around such a large number. We thought of a way to make this easier for you.. Instead of picturing a giant 2.6 trillion pound pile of trash, picture a typical trash can, like the kind you had in your school classroom.
You won’t believe how many trash cans that amount of trash could fill up, and how far into space that stack of trash cans would reach. Even more surprising? The amount of trash we’ve left in space itself.
Infographic by: trashcansunlimited.com