Episode 3: Trash on the move

13/12/2021 5 min Episodio 3
Episode 3: Trash on the move

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The Sarpy County Landfill closed in early 2017, but residents can still use the location to drop off their waste. After 27 years, the pile of waste is covered up and Waste Connections manages the site as a transfer station. Anne Gallagher reports on the significance of transfer stations and the environmental impacts of solid waste disposal. Sources: Dennis Herskind, Megan Stubenhofer-Barrett, Leone Young, John Knapp, Jeanne Krajicek and Don Preister Reporting team: Anne Gallagher, Tom Searl, Riley Tolan-Keig and Jordan OppThis series was reported and produced by students at the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in collaboration with Nebraska Public Media. Students worked with faculty advisors Jessica Fargen Walsh and Kaci Richter with support from Nebraska Public Media reporter Bill Kelly.Music: Divider by Chris Zabriskie http://chriszabriskie.comCreative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0Free Download / Stream:  https://bit.ly/_dividerMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/VCnmFBjTlX0Clean Soul by Kevin MacLeodCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...Music provided by FreeMusic109 https://youtube.com/FreeMusic109