With the world’s population at a non-stop rate of growth, garbage and landfills are an aspect that is bound to stay and even increase in magnitude. With such a problem, cities have to realize the effect not only on the environment but the citizens as well. As mentioned repeatedly, the increase in consumption that results from economic growth has a flip-side, and that is trash. It is only through the collective action to include the developments of more sustainable solutions to landfills that humans can contain the negative externalities. However, there are positive outlooks for the future. Since scarcity is the mother of invention, as our environment becomes more and more deteriorated, developments will eventually surface to combat it. The problem is when.
Below is the last image of the photo essay. Change will happen. The question is when.
Close up of garbage
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