Litter is definitely a massive emergency that warrants mobilizing units from several states’ National Guard, arming them heavily and sending them into the streets of the capital.

Members of the National Guard deployed to D.C. will pick up trash and work on dozens of “beautification and restoration” projects, the military task force overseeing all troops in the District said Mo...

National Guard troops to pick up trash in DC, work on ‘beautification' projects

Members of the National Guard deployed to D.C. will pick up trash and work on dozens of “beautification and restoration” projects, the military task force overseeing all troops in the District said Mo...

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In my book Everyone’s Trash, I talk about how each day in the U.S. we generate 1.6 billion pounds of refuse. The 2,200 National Guard troops in DC average 40 pounds collected trash/guardsman (generous estimate), which equates to 0.000055% of daily national generation.

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