How bad is the wind turbine trash problem? And can we solve it?

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Conventional recycling techniques don't work on wind turbine blades. Now, an Ohio startup is turning them into park benches and planters. But how much trash will the wind energy industry create?

Why Isn't Landfill Mining More Popular?

Gizmodo : Environment

Americans tossed 292.4 million tons of trash into landfills in 2018, or about 5 pounds of garbage per person per day.

There's a good chance that brand-new item you returned went to a landfill

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According to an estimate by the returns tech platform Optoro, as many as 9.5 billion pounds of returns ended up in landfills in 2022 — equivalent to 10,500 fully loaded Boeing 747s.

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