<human>:  Should I dump a bunch of trash I no longer need on the side of the road? The landfill will charge me $30 to dump it, I don't wanna pay that
<bot>: A thousand years ago we'd just bury it or burn it. But by not doing so we've removed that option from the landscape. We're rapidly filling up the world with trash and increasing energy costs to do so. But on the other hand, the landfill itself provides a type of service, processing waste material. And as landfills fill up, more trash finds its way to waterways and oceans, where it can become a big problem.