Why Can’t We Launch Earth’s Garbage Into the Sun?

If you’ve spent any time on Earth recently, you might have noticed a lot of trash piling up, with less and less space to put it.

So why can’t we just shoot it into the sun and burn it up in space?

Well, there’s a lot more to it: Mainly, gravity and money.

Hosted by: Annie Colbert
Reported by: Harriet Weber
Editing and Graphics by: Avital Oehler
Written and Produced by: Matt Silverman

Read the original article on Popular Science: https://www.popsci.com/science/garbage-sun/

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