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Re:World’s consumption of materials hits record 100bn tonnes... by vzidex on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @01:14PM (#22120266)
The article says that a large portion of material use is in construction, so if you've moved into a newly-built home that will have used quite a bit of material to build.

13 tons is also a mean - don't read too much into it. Some people will have very lavish lifestyles, creating tons of waste, and others will have more spartan lifestyles, creating much less waste.

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Re:World’s consumption of materials hits record 100bn tonnes... by gwbas1c on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @04:38PM (#22122328)
> so if you've moved into a newly-built home that will have used quite a bit of material to build

I didn't mention the dumpster outside of my house while it was built. I don't know what percentage of materials was wasted, but I doubt it's a multiple.

Anyway, population's rising. We need new homes.

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