landfill
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Why Isn’t Landfill Mining More Popular?
Our garbage heaps are rich in metals and other materials, but landfill mining is rare.
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Elephants Found Dead With Stomachs Full of Plastic at a Sri Lankan Landfill
Wild elephants are notoriously intelligent creatures known for exhibiting unmatched empathy in the animal world. But humanity has put elephants in some tough spots, and there may be no tougher one than a Sri Lankan landfill.
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5 Parts Of New York That Are Built On Garbage
New York was pretty much a cesspool in the 19th century. “We were a laughingstock,” as anthropologist and trash historian Robin Nagle once put it. But in an odd way, New York owes its current success to its refuse — after all, it’s built on the stuff.