Humanity has turned Earth into a giant trash pile. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that Americans alone produce on average 4.3 pounds of trash each day. Multiplied by 318.9 million people, that’s a lot of trash landing up in the country’s landfills. Granted, we’re getting better at composting and recycling. In 2012, Americans recycled about 35 percent of their waste, which is better than most countries, but weak compared to Sweden, which recycles a staggering 99 percent of their citizens’ garbage. If there are about 3,500 active landfills in the United States, just one country, think about how many formal and informal landfills there are globally, leaching all kinds of nasty chemicals into ground and surface water supplies and emitting methane gases. It’s a daunting thought. But there is good news. As our knowledge of managing waste improves, we are learning to turn trash into a resource. For example, many landfill sites convert methane emissions into clean energy and many retired landfills have been safely rehabilitated as thriving parks that reveal nothing of their trashy history. We have rounded up a list of 8. Prepare to be amazed by the transformation.
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