Whoa! Talk about waste.

So, Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe...whoa. Parades of all things. More specifically, parade FLOATS.

He had to clean up this nasty, chemical-laden (I'm sure), MOUNTAIN of parade float debris.

Bummer.

Then he went to a cedar shingle plant/saw mill...where there is NO waste! Every single part of the tree is used.

Kind of makes me wonder just how detrimental the wood/paper industry REALLY is, when farming is done in an eco-logically friendly way and it CAN be processed in an equally friendly way.

It also makes me want to create a homeschool opportunity to examine the plastic (specifically PET) creation and recycling system/facilities/industry.