A Lot of Paint

The US Environmental Protection Agency estimates that over 69 million gallons of paint are discarded every year.

Now, I know the temptation is to buzz right over that sentence and move onto the next, but hold on....  Stop for a second and think about that fact:  69 million gallons of paint are discarded  every year.  69 MILLION gallons.

"OK," you're probably thinking, "that's a big number.  But still, that doesn't seem totally unreasonable when you think of the size of the US."

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