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This project investigates the placement of landfills in the United States due to population and GDP as explanatory variables. The conclusion is that there is a correlation between high GDP and high waste production.

From Fall 2021 to Fall 2022, Vassar’s Office of Sustainability conducted a total of 34 waste audits across campus. This report compiles the findings of these audits.

This is a dataset collected by the Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Intern team in the Office of Sustainability in the Fall of 2025. It contains data of what kind of trash is thrown away in a small subset of bins on campus.

Government spending for agriculture in the U.S. is incredibly high, as the farming system the country currently runs on is based on large monocrop systems that grow commodity crops dependent on huge government subsidies. These maps display the…