Rhode Island is running out of space to bury its trash. (istock)
JOHNSTON, R.I. — Less than 5 miles west of downtown Providence lies the state’s biggest ticking clock. It’s not a real timepiece, it doesn’t tell you the time of day, although it’s not dissimilar to the sand that fills up an hourglass.
Spread across 1,200 acres off Interstate 295 is a series of misshapen hills in an unusual shade of green. Passersby approaching from the west might be confused about what’s there, until they see the industrial equipment and dump trucks discharging mountains of trash…