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Oh No... a 3 year old story about the garbage problem in Puerto Rico.

Posted on 10/29/24 at 10:16 pm

Posted by WWII Collector

Member since Oct 2018

7997 posts

Posted on 10/29/24 at 10:16 pm

https://globalpressjournal.com/americas/puerto-rico/trash-crisis-leaves-puerto-rico-brink/

Puerto Rico
Coraly Cruz Meji´as
Senior Reporter

Publication Date
February 16, 2021

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“We’re one step away from the brink,” he says.

Twenty-nine landfills are spread throughout the region. Eighteen do not meet federal standards because, among other violations, they function as “open dumps.”

The landfills are already so full that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency predicts that they will outstrip their capacity by 2023.

This post was edited on 10/29/24 at 10:20 pm

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Posted by themunch

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Member since Jan 2007

70653 posts

Posted on 10/29/24 at 10:19 pm to WWII Collector

You can't say that. In my best Erkel.

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Posted by dgnx6

Member since Feb 2006

78563 posts

Posted on 10/29/24 at 10:22 pm to WWII Collector

Here is another one
LINK

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PUERTO RICO LANDFILL PROBLEMS: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW Published May 09, 2022

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According to a study commissioned by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and conducted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Puerto Rico could run out of landfill space in 2-4 years. This long-identified capacity issue has been exacerbated by tonnes of debris left behind by two back-to-back hurricanes that devastated the region in 2017.

This post was edited on 10/29/24 at 10:23 pm

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Posted by Tunasntigers92