Iowa Department of Natural Resources WASTE TIRE HAULER Iowadnr Form

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become a part of the planet patrol brought to you by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources welcome to planet patrol this one's going to talk about landfills but stays Lena coger from the DNR hi Nina hi Sidney can you tell us why landfills are important yes landfills help us to properly manage our solid waste landfills also to help keep our land and our water clean and safe some landfills even collect harmful gas emissions and convert that gas into energy what goes in the landfills while our trash is made up of things that we commonly use every day like packaging and food scraps and old sofas and worn out clothing Americans create about 250 million tons of trash each year we can fill up enough garbage trucks to go from Los Angeles to New York City more than 100 times the rest is either recycled composted or burned for energy this is what is in that 250 million tons of trash thirty-one percent is paper and paperboard twenty-six percent is yard trimmings and food scraps plastics make u