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wherever we put it will overflow. The scarcity of landfill space is a myth sparked by the infamous "garbage barge", which nobody accepted because it came from
by nitrogen 7y ago
wherever we put it will overflow.
The scarcity of landfill space is a myth sparked by the infamous "garbage barge", which nobody accepted because it came from the NY mafia and was getting too much attention, not because there was no room for it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobro_4000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobro_4000
This Planet Money episode is a good listen: https://www.npr.org/2019/07/09/739893511/episode-925-a-mob-boss-a-garbage-boat-and-why-we-recycle https://www.npr.org/2019/07/09/739893511/episode-925-a-mob-b...
- spodek 7y agoIf only it all made it to landfills, but the most polluted spots on Earth include south sea islands thousands of miles from population centers, ocean gyres, and so on. Once you make something unhealthy, to suggest that (leaky) places to put some of them are abundant misses the point. They're unhealthy and the overwhelming majority unnecessary.