Tag: landfill
Fast fashion pollutes the Atacama Desert in Chile
With nearly 60,000 tons of unsold clothes arriving globally from Europe, Asia and North America to the port town of Iquique, about 39,000 tons of fast fashion ends up in the landfill in the desert.
Former Superfund Site becomes largest landfill solar farm in North America
The project is just one example of an innovative trend turning symptoms of throwaway culture into sites for generating renewable energy.
The Looming Environmental Disaster in Missouri that Nobody is Talking About
When an unstoppable underground fire meets radioactive waste in Missouri — nobody really knows what happens next.