I have been considering writing another letter, to either B.C.’s premier or someone who deals with landfills or ocean trash. It would be about how different types of garbage are not actually garbage, and what they could be used for. For example, biodegradable food scraps can go in the compost, tin cans can be re-used, plastic packaging can be recycled or compressed into plastic boards that are very durable and can be used for things such as picnic benches, or even building frames. Just about any metal item can be melted down and made into something else, instead of mining for more of it and therefore releasing more greenhouse gasses. Straw can be used for pet bedding, straw bale houses, and biodiesel. Eggshells can be used in gardening. Styrofoam can be recycled. In the comments, feel free to put any items of garbage that you can not think of a way to re-use. So, basically, my overall message is that humans are extremely wasteful and they better stop being that way soon for their own good. This idea could be compared to the quote by R. Buckminister Fuller, “Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting.” At least, my dad, Dethe, said so.

-Mina