Garbology by Edward Humes Ch.11 Review

  In chapter 11 of Humes book we take a look at a green city. But, is it really all that green? The city is Portland Organ. Humes writes how in the city of Portland they recycle a lot, have many more bike lanes than California, and are coming up with new ways of eliminating trash. like by steaming it down instead of burning it. Overall Portland does what most of us should be doing which is finding better ways of doing things.However one thing that Portland fails to do is reduce how much they consume. So even though they recycle and have green resources, they manage to still contribute to what Humes calls "the 102 ton legacy". Portland is so close to truly leading the way to more green life style, they just need to control their spending habits. "They make a lot of it in Portland-a shade more trash even than the Average American's 7.1 pounds a day, and a half pound more than the average Oregonian."(249)