Episode 3: Trash on the move

In this episode, we take a look at the Sarpy County Transfer Station and how it is an example of the future of waste disposal.

Show Notes

The Sarpy County Landfill closed in early 2017, but residents can still use the location to drop off their waste. After 27 years, the pile of waste is covered up and Waste Connections manages the site as a transfer station. Anne Gallagher reports on the significance of transfer stations and the environmental impacts of solid waste disposal.

Sources: Dennis Herskind, Megan Stubenhofer-Barrett, Leone Young, John Knapp, Jeanne Krajicek and Don Preister

Reporting team: Anne Gallagher, Tom Searl, Riley Tolan-Keig and Jordan Opp

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.