On Thursday, April 10, I recorded the amount of trash I threw away. However, I didn't throw away any trash on this day. I didn't use any paper plates, paper napkins, or buy anything with packaging to be disposed of. However, I drove 169.59 miles. If I use this particular day to estimate my annual amount of trash. I do not throw anything away and drive 61,900.35 miles. My car gets 27 miles per gallon, so that would mean I use 2,292.61 gallons of gas per year.
Since this does not accurately reflect an average day in my life, I did the test again on a different day. I threw away two paper plates, two plastic spoons, five paper towels, three pieces of paper, and a water bottle. According to these new numbers, every year I throw away 703 paper plates and plastic spoons, 1825 paper towels, 1095 pieces of paper, and 365 water bottles.
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