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

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

none of them were working to contain the growing mountains of waste. Of the 251 million tons (228 million metric tons) of trash, or solid waste, generated in the United States in 2006, about 81.8 No new landfills were created past that date. Resources, Facts & Ideas: 20 ideas on what it will be like 100 years from now.