Calculate NYC's SUDs Consumption Based On Your Own

How much do the actions of any one of these people matter? [Photo Credit: Tiago Fiorez]

What does one single use disposable matter? Every day, billions of people buy, sell, and use trillions (or even gazillions) of consumer items. How can any one person’s disposable usage actually matter? How can one plastic milk jug or paper towel ever really matter?

New York City's Department of Sanitation has been together a neato tool to show you why it matters. You plug in your consumption habits, and it spits out what the total number would be if everyone in your borough or the whole city went through single use disposables like you do.

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