Largest Garbage Dump in the World Will Turn Trash into Renewable Resources

Mexico City, the world’s seventh largest city, will close the world’s largest garbage dump by the end of 2012, instead turning trash from the city and surrounding area’s 20 million residents into renewable energy and reusable materials, according to Mayor Marcelo Ebrand. Citing concerns over air and water pollution from the waste at Bordo Poniente, [...]