The Smelly, Oozy, Sometimes Explode-y Science of Garbage

You ever think about where your trash goes? How long it takes to decompose? And whether your garbage can become ... dangerous? You should! Hank explains the science of trash, how we've dealt with it (or not) over the ages, and both the risks and the potential it holds for the future.

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Sources for this episode:

http://www.environmentalistseveryday.org/docs/research-bulletin/Research-Bulletin-Modern-Landfill.pdf
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/04/touring-the-largest-active-landfill-in-america/274731/
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/26/us/la-trash-puente-landfill
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/21/AR2011022102609.html
http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/nonhaz/municipal/index.htm
http://ohioline.osu.edu/cd-fact/0137.html
http://ohioline.osu.edu/cd-fact/0139.html
http://www.biomasspackaging.com/education/biodegradability/
http://www.regionaldistrict.com/services/environmental-services/westside-waste-disposal-recycling/what-happens-in-a-landfill.aspx
http://www.lostmag.com/issue22/garbageland.php
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2005-11-10/features/0511090386_1_carts-alleys-garbage
http://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/outdoors/air/landfill_gas.htm
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12302005-111503/unrestricted/AyeshaIraniThesis.pdf
http://www.crd.bc.ca/waste/hartland/documents/whathappensinalandfill.pdf
http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=8010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/science/earth/13trash.html?scp=1&sq=trash&st=cse
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/08/130801-amager-bakke-europe-waste-to-energy/
http://www.epa.gov/osw/nonhaz/municipal/landfill/bioreactors.htm
http://www.wastebusinessjournal.com/news/wbj20020829B.htm
http://www.wm.com/thinkgreen/pdfs/bioreactorbrochure.pdf