num_pages: 48
description: A garbage barge that cant find a place to welcome it sparks a recycling movement in the United States.Lowell Harrelson wanted to turn trash into methane gas so he rented a barge called Morbo 4000. His plan was to ship the garbage from New York to North Carolina but as the barge floated down the coast no state would let him dock because of smelly waste on board! The barge became a mockery and the butt of many jokes in the media. What started as an attempted business venture turned into quite the predicament for Mr. Harrelson.Mobro 4000 roamed the seas for forty-five days and traveled a distance of 6000 miles. While awaiting its fate the trash floated in New Yorks harbor garnering much attention by onlookers. Green Peace activists put up a large banner across the barge that read NEXT TIMETRY RECYCLING.Even though the garbage barge was a farce the unintended consequence inspired America to find a new way to deal with its trash.
language: English
title: All That Trash: The Story of the 1987 Garbage Barge and Our Problem with Stuff
publisher: Simon  Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books