Hurricanes left behind mountains of trash in the Virgin Islands — and there’s nowhere to put it

Over the past 4½ months, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and local contractors have collected more than 736,000 cubic yards of debris — the equivalent of 61,000 truckloads — as they rush to clean up St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix, the territory’s three major islands.  Tim Craig reports for the Washington Post.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/mountains-of-trash-left-behind-by-hurricanes-inflame-debate-in-us-virgin-islands/2018/02/22/30763f0e-1008-11e8-9065-e55346f6de81_story.html?utm_term=.2139c9d7dac9&wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1