Why Is Rubbish Worthless

According to Brown (2009), rubbish is any substance that has no value to a specific human beings, hence it is worthless. The fact that nobody ever wants to be associated with rubbish does not mean that it is worthless as most claim. In the UK, there are usually garbage trucks that normally drive in estates to collect weekly rubbish that is usually composed of food, newspapers, bottles and even electronics (Brown, 2009).

According to the perceptions of UK citizens, this rubbish after being collected is usually taken to a dumb site, dumbed there are left to decompose because after all it is “worthless”. Unfortunately, this is not the case, once the rubbish has been collected, it normally taken to a site where sorting is done. In the sorting

In the recent years, UK has experienced a rapid increase in the number of shopping centers and malls where one can get all sort of items from groceries, fruits and bakery. The increase of shopping centers has directly resulted to increased shopping behaviors and it is because of this that some people tend to buy more food than they can consume hence most of it ending up as wasted food (Allen, 2009). It is because of excessive shopping that food thrown away adds up to 6.7 million tons, which is a third the amount of food purchased each year (Brown, 2009). Although many people tend to believe that rubbish is worthless, to some it is big business because whereas one disposes rubbish, another person elsewhere normally does not see it as rubbish but rather

A city such as San Francisco has been identified as one of the cleanest cities in the world. The main reason behind San Francisco’s recognition is the fact that the city has been at the forefront in campaigning for garbage recycling. According to Marc (2007), the recycling rate of San Francisco is 68%, this is the highest percentage ever achieved in the US. Most of the rubbish is normally recycled to valuable products such as plastic jugs, disposable cups and plates, water bottles and