Family Trash Interview

Ask people in your family the following questions. Parents and grandparents may have different answers.

1. What stories did you hear from your family about trash being a problem when you were

young?

2. Was too much trash a problem when you were a child? (How long ago was that?)

3. Did you produce as much trash at your childhood house as our family produces today? Why or why not?

What kind of things were considered trash?

4. Did you recycle anything when you were a child?

5. When do you think that too much trash became a problem?

6. How do you think we should try to solve the problem?