Americans spend approximately $30 billion a year to manage the disposal of 8 billion tons of waste. (7) Approximately 196 to 200 million tons are labeled as municipal solid waste-durable and nondurable goods, containers, food scraps, yard waste and inorganic waste from homes, institutions and businesses.ear. According to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Texans dispose of approximately 21 million tons of municipal solid waste per year and pay more than $1 billion each year for the management of municipal solid waste.
Carpal tunnel syndrome is an irritation of the median nerve in the wrist that leads to numbness, tingling, pain, and weakness in the hand. The median nerve travels down the forearm and enters the hand after passing through the wrist tunnel (carpal tunnel) that is located in the central part of the wrist.
Once the carpal tunnel begins to collapse in on itself, any form of repetitive or static flexion such as typing, writing, grasping, etc., will cause friction of the flexor tendons against the carpal bones, median nerve and blood vessels, causing irritation, inflammation and increased swelling of the structures within the carpal tunnel.