Environmentalists back landfills over incinerators as trash piles up in Palm Beach County

Dirty, smelly built-up land with tractors moving across acres of trash and vultures flying above: That’s the picture of a landfill.

For decades, adding landfill space has been left out of the public discussion of ways to keep up with the massive growth in the amount of garbage Americans produce.

And that’s been the way in Palm Beach County, where the sole landfill is expected to run out of space in about 30 years…

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