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Western countries generate more capita garbage and yet have figured out how to properly dispose it off. Not withstanding the tinfoil type environmentalists on H
by Karishma1234 8y ago
Western countries generate more capita garbage and yet have figured out how to properly dispose it off. Not withstanding the tinfoil type environmentalists on HN, USA has damn good conventional waste management systems. Most waste goes to landfills which are very securely locked from all sides and once full they build resorts and amusement parks on top of it. Most landfills in USA will take centuries to actually run out of space.
Even in a filthy city like New York you can still swim in Hudson and come out alive and well. You can't do that in most rivers in India and China and in some cases even tap water.
- sschueller 8y agoWhat benefits does a landfill have over trash burning? Here in Switzerland most non recyclable trash is burned in special clean burning power plants to produce heat for most of the cities. 1 Bag of trash is the equivalent of 1,7 Liter of heating oil. [1] https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/ted/de/index/entsorgung_recycling/zuerich_waerme/produktionsanlagen/kehrichtheizkraftwerk/thermische_verwertung.html https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/ted/de/index/entsorgung_recycli... (German)
- Karishma1234 8y agoRemind me what is the population of Swiss again ?