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This week we had an interesting talk on garbage! Lynn is with the City of Vancouver and takes care of garbage for one million people. She explained what happens to all that garbage �?" officially called solid waste management. The trucks that pick up garbage from homes go to a transfer station where the garbage is dumped. Then much larger trucks take it to the city landfill in Delta. The Ministry of the Environment regulates solid waste and there are many controls at this landfill. She explained the Landfill Gas Utilization project, which cost 5 million dollars to set up. The garbage is covered with dirt and because the garbage does not have air above it is like being in a Tupperware container. They have vacuums that have been collecting landfill gas since 1991. The gas goes into engines that make electricity for 6000 homes annually and also into hot houses that grow vegetables.