Trashopolis
On a mid-May afternoon, the wind gusts over Beaver County, bending treetops and skimming dust from gravel roads. Despite the sunshine, a killjoy chill in the air threatens the unusually warm and eager spring. But its coolness could just be due to the altitude. The ten-storey table-top summit of the Beaver Regional Landfill, about an hour southeast of Edmonton, is the apex of 2.7 million tonnes of garbage, and a badly exposed place to try to avoid the elements. The view, however, is worth the discomfort.
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