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Is setting your trash on fire a good idea? artwork
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Is setting your trash on fire a good idea?

Short Wave by NPR

Jul 1, 202614:01Science & Medicine

The U.S. generates 292 million tons of trash each year – and that trash has to go somewhere. Sometimes, that’s to an incinerator, where it’s burned and turned into electricity. Proponents of incineration applaud the abil...

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Is setting your trash on fire a good idea? is an episode from Short Wave by NPR. The U.S. generates 292 million tons of trash each year – and that trash has to go somewhere. Sometimes, that’s to an incinerator, where it’s burned and turned...

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Published Jul 1, 2026, 14:01 long, audio available.