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I'm trying to figure out if it still makes sense to sort out the plastics before burying them. Make dedicated plastic landfills separate from all the other rubb
by jrs235 7y ago
I'm trying to figure out if it still makes sense to sort out the plastics before burying them. Make dedicated plastic landfills separate from all the other rubbish. Then when we find an efficient way to reuse it we will know where in the ground a ton of it is rather than having to open a mixed rubbish fill land fill then clean and process ALL the garbage to sort the plastic out. Seems to me that presorting before burying is a better use of energy and resources.
- whatshisface 7y agoIf sorting technology gets better over time, why even bother presorting before burying? It would be cheaper to bury and them sort in the future. Maybe conventional landfills, with adequate attention paid to leak prevention, were the smartest solution all along.
- catalogia 7y agoPlanning on uncapping the landfill in the future restricts what you can put on top of it in the meantime. Whether or not that's really an issue probably depends on how much free space your country has laying around.
- jrs235 7y agoBecause you'd have to open and move a bunch more junk to sort. Meaning more energy to dig up, move, and sort. Presorting makes more sense to me, we are also in the habit already to separate certainly materials from rubbish (food waste, non recyclables, etc.)