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Almost exactly four years ago, a tailings dam near the Brazilian town of Brumadinho collapsed, releasing some 10 million cubic meters of mud in a few minutes, killing 270 people. Time has passed, but the questions raised by the Vale SA catastrophe — and other smaller, less visible accidents since — have not. In fact, the question of managing billions of tons of waste has only become more urgent.
