State of Waste

Nebraskans’ trash travels from the curb to landfills and eventually dog parks, but who’s managing it?

Show Notes

Despite public perception, modern landfills are not equivalent to dumps of the past. We explore these complex, technical facilities with many regulations to keep the land, air and water near the landfill clean.

Sources: Riley Smith, Daniel LeMaistre, Tavis Holcomb, Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Erik Waiss and Abigail Matherly

Reporting team: Jolie Peal, Alize Kroells, Dulce Garcia and Nate Thomas

This 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.

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What is State of Waste?

What happens to your garbage after it leaves your house? ‘State of Waste’, is an audio series about landfills and solid waste management in Nebraska...from electronic waste to the trash you throw away every day.