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"A much-needed caveat: if we were to revisit my per capita trash post from earlier in March, we'd see that being the least-wasteful U.S. city, compared to waste levels in European countries as just one example, is about as proud an accomplishment as being the greenest mountaintop-removal coal-mining company."

http://www.climatebiz.com/blog/2009/03/31/most-wasteful-american-cities