Just bury your trash - Works in Progress Magazine

What if everything we know about recycling is wrong?

Every child is taught that landfill is the worst place our trash can end up. It is the sad consequence of a failure to recycle: a mountain of waste leaking chemicals and smells, blighting the land forever. What if that picture is wrong? What if landfill, properly done, is actually one of the cleanest, cheapest, and most environmentally sensible things we can do with our waste? It turns out that for much of what we throw away, the humble landfill beats the recycling bin. The Works in Progress Newsletter Get new articles from Works in Progress delivered to your inbox. Single-use is often…

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