Americans generate almost twice the amount of trash of other developed countries -- a whopping 4 pounds of garbage per person everyday. That's 301,139,947 U.S. residents producing just about four pounds of trash each equaling 1,204,559,788 pounds or 602,280 tons of trash each day... the weight of about 580,000 Liberty Bells.

The U.S. currently has approximately 3,000 active landfills. Buried and minimally forgotten (unless you...