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K-4 -- Alternative Geography Assessment Items Mayville’s Trashy Problem Imagine that you have received the following letter: Dear Expert: Mayville is a wonderful community, but we have a serious problem. For the past 25 years, we have been dumping our trash and garbage into our landfill. Our problem is that the landfill will be full in 2 years, and we have no good place to build another landfill. What will we do with all this garbage? As an expert, we hope you will give us some good suggestions for how to deal with this smelly problem. Thanks for your help. Sincerely, Mayor of Mayville How will you answer this letter? In the space below, write a letter to the Mayor in which you give 3 or 4 really good ideas for how Mayville can deal with its landfill problem. Classification: Nat. Std. 18, KS 3; State Std. 17 C