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Composting Eats Away at Indonesia’s Trash Problem

Surabaya, Indonesia's second biggest city is composting on an industrial scale. Ten years ago, its garbage problem was overwhelming the city of 3 million. So officials introduced a radical plan to not only bypass overflowing landfills, but to green the city at the same time. With so much organic garbage to deal with, Parks and Sanitation Head, Hidayat Syah, says composting was the obvious solution.
 

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