{"id":1206037,"date":"2023-11-24T13:23:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T18:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1206037"},"modified":"2023-11-24T13:23:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T18:23:00","slug":"why-isnt-landfill-mining-more-popular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1206037","title":{"rendered":"Why Isn't Landfill Mining More Popular?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Americans tossed 292.4 million tons<\/a> of trash into landfills in 2018, or about 5 pounds of garbage per person per day. Once in a landfill, much of that trash undergoes some wild chemistry<\/a>, often polluting the surrounding area. But amid all the stinking refuse is potentially valuable material, and some environmentalists\u2026<\/p>\n

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\nSource: Gizmodo – Why Isn’t Landfill Mining More Popular?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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