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Reviewing The World’s Landfills – A Future Fictional Business Plan Excerpt

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none of them were working to contain the growing mountains of waste. Although attempts at regulation and re-use abounded, most met with societal, economic and/or political failure. Of the 251 million tons (228 million metric tons) of trash, or solid waste, generated in the United States in 2006, about 81.8 How Landfills Work.