Many people are affected by garbage pollution. There are people who get diseases because they live near a garbage dump. The only job there is siftng through garbage and selling anything useful. The lack of sanitation also causes many people to get sick. Even in countries where garbage does not seem like a problem, such as the US, it still is one. There are times when a landfill will pollute a broken water pipe, which would have a huge impact on a town that depends on the water. The methane coming from it will also hurt the environment by destroying the ozone layer. With these problems in mind, we should try to reduce the amount of garbage produced.