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132 an average of 2,000 commercial messages per day thirty-five years ago

Louise Story, ”Anywhere the Eye Can See, It's Likely to See an Ad,” New York Times, January 15, 2007.

133 the average city dweller now sees 5,000 commercial messages per day

Ibid.

134 the total volume is projected to increase by 70 percent in a dozen years

Daniel Hoornweg and Perinaz Bhada-Tata, World Bank, ”What a Waste: A Global Review of Solid Waste Management,” March 2012.

135 $375 billion per year-with most of the increase in developing countries

Ibid.

136 a .69 percent increase in munic.i.p.al solid waste in developed countries

Antonis Mavropoulos, ”Waste Management 2030+,” .

137 produced each day is more than the body weight of all seven billion people

Alexandra Sifferlin, ”Weight of the World: Globally, Adults Are 16.5 Million Tons Overweight,” Time, June 18, 2012; Paul Hawken, ”Resource Waste,” Mother Jones, March/April 1997; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), ”Munic.i.p.al Solid Waste,”

138 increased by more than 250 percent in the last decade

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