THERE IS NO SUCH PLACE AS AWAY

Fresh Kills Landfill took up around 2,200 acres!

Have you ever thought about what happens when you throw your trash ‘away?’ Think… Where is away? The answer is NOWHERE. Your trash is put in the garbage can, it goes into the garbage truck. Then what? It actually goes all the way to Pennsylvania or Virginia. It goes to landfills. Fresh Kills landfill closed in 2001. Now there are no landfills in New York. Even if it is processed and decomposed it doesn’t go away. The Big Bang created all the atoms in the universe. Even if an atom turns into something else, it is still there. If I compost a banana peel, it will decompose. Then it does not just ‘poof’ out of thin air. No, it turns into soil! Even though it is in a different form, it is still there. So, about the title, no, ‘away’ should not be a word. If you think of it as ‘putting something away’ where is away? Just think about it.