General Article Landfills: a serious problem for the environment

Topic Selected: Recycling Book Volume: 455

Landfills are the antithesis of sustainability. This is how the garbage impacts in our environment.

The world keeps generating more and more rubbish. According to a report conducted by the World Bank, the planet produced 2.01 billion tons of waste in 2016 – a figure that could rocket to 3.4 billion by 2050, representing an almost 70% increase in rubbish in just 30 years. We live in a throw-away society and we’re paying the price; we don’t know what to do with all our waste.

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