Consider the impact landfills have on society and what alternatives might be. Globally, the world’s cities are struggling with what to do with their daily trash. In 2014, it was reported that 3 billion of the world’s 7 billion population live in cities, producing more than 1.3 billion metric tons of sold waste per year. As you look through the pictures on the website Trash Cities: The World’s Worst Garbage Problems, try to identify the types of trash and how it might have found its way into those settings. The trash illustrated in the pictures does not just make the environment look unattractive, it is potentially dangerous to us all!
Design Challenge 17: Waste Management
