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Will we eventually have to send our trash into space if we run out of room on Earth?

  • Written by Kate O'Neill, Professor of Global Environmental Politics, University of California, Berkeley
Will we eventually have to send our trash into space if we run out of room on Earth?A trash compactor rolls over an active dump site at Pioneer Crossing Landfill in Birdsboro, Pa.Natalie Kolb/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty ImagesWill we eventually have to send our trash into space if we run out of room on Earth?

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