Moscow Has A Garbage Crisis — It's Making People Sick
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5:22Now PlayingSHIYES, RUSSIA — Moscow has 12 million people, and no system to recycle.
That’s created a garbage crisis not just for the city, but the entire country.
Officials say the health of up to 17 million Russians is at risk due to overflowing landfills, and the problem is most acute around the capital — where noxious gas leaks from Soviet-era dumps in city suburbs have hospitalized children.
Nationally, Russia reuses just 4 percent of its waste, compared to an average of 60 percent across the E.U. Packed landfills, many dating to the Soviet era, cover almost 10 million acres of the country.
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