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Trash into Cash
NPR's Justice Talking
September 25, 2006
by Charles Lane
Since 1993 more than 6000 landfills in the US were forced to shutdown because of tighter environmental regulations. But to close a landfill the operators have to make sure no contaminates from decomposing garbage can leak into the groundwater. This can be an expensive project involving highly engineered covers and drainage systems. So the town of Riverhead, New York wanted to try another solution: digging up the town dump and selling what’s underneath.. It’s an unusual process called reclamation that turns trash into cash.
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Posted by 1000monkeys on September 25, 2006 09:15 PM