JOHNSTON – Humans have been talking trash for thousands of years, and today is no exception as Mayor Joseph Polisena Jr. makes a slow, dusty ascent to the 250-foot summit of the state’s Central Landfill.

He’s riding in the back seat of a Ford pickup driven by Jared Rhodes, director for policy and programs for the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corp. , the agency that operates the landfill.

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