Humans have always been this way. There’s a hill in Rome that’s basically a 2000 years old garbage dump (Monte Testaccio). The Romans even had the ability to recycle their amphoras… but not those ones.
There are lots of archaeological evidence of similar native American trash piles, with broken pots, bone combs, etc. Similar stuff other poster was talking about.
You’re romanticizing.
The amount of garbage produced per person has absolutely skyrocketed, but that’s due to several other, partly cultural, factors.
Humans have always been this way. There’s a hill in Rome that’s basically a 2000 years old garbage dump (Monte Testaccio). The Romans even had the ability to recycle their amphoras… but not those ones.
People haven’t always been that way… but massive, imperialist governments always have.
Just look at the Native American population pre-USA. They learned to coexist with nature and let basically nothing go to waste.
There are lots of archaeological evidence of similar native American trash piles, with broken pots, bone combs, etc. Similar stuff other poster was talking about.
You’re romanticizing.
The amount of garbage produced per person has absolutely skyrocketed, but that’s due to several other, partly cultural, factors.
So THATS why they built effigy mounds everywhere! They were just responsibly burying their waste!