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Why Landfills are Good for Kids and How to Build One in Your Back Yard: 100% Safe and FUN
by Debbie L. Miller
Last summer, I took my children to Los Angeles during our summer vacation, and surprisingly, they wanted to skip the Hollywood Stars Tour and visit Puente Hills, the country’s largest landfill…and we all had such a great time! We saw the sights of dead deer, smelled the earthy aromas, and listened to the plaintive squawks of seagulls soaring overhead with plastic stuck in their necks. We were so absolutely blown away by the beauty of Puente Hill that we decided to build a landfill in our back yard, and it has changed our lives for the better!
Making your own DIY landfill is pretty simple: pay your local trash man to dump four days’ worth of trash in your backyard, let it sit for a month, and you’re set! Once we separated out the glass, I let my kids spread it around, ignoring naysaying neighbors who cried out “child abuse” while their kids and friends begged those same parents to let them play in our backyard paradise. The pride I now feel for my children is more impressive and powerful than the 300 tons of stinking refuse sitting in my back yard.
My biggest piece of advice for mothers starting their own DIY landfills: get in that wonderous garbage with your kids! Family time equals good…
