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Yarn Registry BLOG: A Landfill is an Ecosystem Unto Itself, part III
By Dylan Taylor-LehmanNovember 12, 2016
Insects are important to the decomposition of garbage because they eat a lot of trash and tunnel their way through it, which mixes and aerates it. Some insects find their way to the trash, while some are inadvertently brought to it. In interesting case of filth in reverse, cockroaches are often found in landfills, as they hitch a ride in the belongings humans have discarded.
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