In the context of the episode, the people of New York, in the year 2052, started to run out of places to put garbage. In response, they created an nautical barge off of the coast where trash was placed. However, the barge was quickly overwhelmed. The New York mafia created a rocket which took the large ball of trash into Outer Space.
Going foward about 500 years, The city of New New York created methods of recycling that completely eradicted the creation of garbage. Another 500 years after that, in the current setting of Futurama, The giant garbage ball from the year 2052 has come back after orbiting for 1000 years. The ball is the size of the moon, and threatens the very existance of Earth with its impact.
Ironically, the problem is solved when the main character, Fry, convinces the people of New York to make more trash to be shot at the large trash ball. The result is a trash ball that has doubled in size, moving away from Earth. The episode ends on a comedic sour note, where a character comments on the fact that the new ball will only come back in another thousand years.
The episode deals with modern environmental themes, mainly the increasingly threatening garbage problem. The writers attempted to warn us about the dangers of pushing a problem off for another generation (such as what is occuring now with Global Warming).
My reaction to the episode was positive mainly due to the light-hearted representation of the solution.
Fry shows New New Yorkers how to Make Garbage
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