An average home creates more pollution than the average car does!

Considering the air in the average home is several times more polluted than outside air, I would believe it. Between fire retardants in our furniture, chemical cleaning supplies, trash, pollution of water, pesticides on lawns, etc, there are a lot of dirty things going on in the "average home" in the US. I've tried to keep cleaner by conserving water, organic gardening, using only nature friendly and recycled items, minimizing trash and maximizing recycling, and so on. There is a lot a person can do to keep their home cleaner.

Dear Flowerchilde......Um.......Define...trash. If it doesn't include Bathroom Breaks , then I'd say my Family is pretty Average. But if it does include Bathroom Breaks.....Then we have enough pollution to Operate a Nuclear-Reactor! " Holy Crap !!!!!! " And I mean that in the Nicest way!!!!!!!

Yes I agree , recently, I have been noticing the amount of trash you can spot in a city. It seems where ever there are people we have plastics and cans and clothes and crockeries dumped somewhere near. Infact cities are becoming a huge garbage dumping grounds. I do agree yes an average home genrates more pollution then a car does.

yup if we add the trash to it

The trash, the methane gas, the machinery like lawnmowers, weedwackers, tillers etc all contribute to a VAST amount of pollution oput of our households. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

I learned this about a month ago, thanks to a new show on the new network, Planet Green, called "Wa$ted". But I remember hearing about it from my environmentalist friends years ago. I think it's due mostly to poor insulation and the fact that we don't turn off our utilities when not in use. Not to mention all the crap us humans create thanks to take-out boxes, styrofoam, etc.

I think it is true that if anyone at home generate lots of trash, the home overall creates pollution; not good at all. To me, I much rather recycle lots of stuff to cut down on my trash. I generate lots of recyclables. I believe that few homes might generate lots of pollution. So if I were you, I would contact Waste Management at www.wm.com. That way you can learn all about recycling.