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That's a rosy picture of landfills, have you heard of the one with an underground fire approaching nuclear waste? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-env
by jquast 7y ago
That's a rosy picture of landfills, have you heard of the one with an underground fire approaching nuclear waste? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/02/16/an-underground-fire-is-burning-not-far-from-a-radioactive-superfund-site-the-epa-says-theres-no-danger/?utm_term=.5499de4e3d02 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/20...
- geerlingguy 7y agoThere’s an area about 10 square miles around there that smells like rotten waste, perpetually. It’s crazy that there’s a bunch of business and residential development there too.
- jnwatson 7y agoThe vast majority of landfills are well run and are closely monitored.
- JudgeWapner 7y agoso one had a problem, therefore they're all bad? Well, here's one battery recycling [1] plant that emitted toxins. Guess I better not recycle car batteries anymore. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exide_lead_contamination#Los_Angeles_County,_California_(Vernon) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exide_lead_contamination#Los_A...
- hanniabu 7y agoIt doesn't hurt putting a spotlight on issues rather than brushing them under the carpet and acting like everything is well and dandy and there's no downsides. It's a fine line.