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4.19sThe answer lies in this movie I found on the Internet.
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2.77sNew York City: The year 2000.
8.79sThe most wasteful society in the history of the galaxy and it was running out of places to bury its never-ending output of garbage.
2.29sThe landfills were full.
1.73sNew Jersey was full.
7.44sAnd so, under cover of darkness the city put its garbage out to sea on the world's largest barge.
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6.32sThe repulsive barge circled the oceans for 50 years but no country would accept it--
2.24snot even that really filthy one.
1.9sYou know the one I mean.
8.42sFinally, in 2052, the city used its mob connections to obtain a rocket and launch the garbage into outer space.