Why don't we throw trash in volcanoes?
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Humans make a lot of garbage, and we don’t have any perfect solutions for what to do with it. So instead of putting it under the ground, why don’t we just throw it into the volcanoes? SciShow explores the major reasons as to why this isn’t the best idea.
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