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Yeah seriously, bury the plastic really deep away from water tables and forget about it. We clearly can’t recycle most of the stuff. Couple that with moving awa

Yeah seriously, bury the plastic really deep away from water tables and forget about it. We clearly can’t recycle most of the stuff. Couple that with moving away from a frivolous use of plastic and I think we are golden. There are a bunch of abandoned mines miles away from substantial water tables. Fill those up.

politician 5y ago
We can’t figure out how to store a minimal quantity of radioactive waste in a purpose-built salt mine dozens of miles away from any small town. I have no faith that we can find places to store megatons of plastic waste.
- potatoman22 5y ago
  Plastic doesn't radiate.
  - politician 5y ago
    NIMBY neighbors don’t compromise.
    - haimez 5y ago
      They might if it affected their states tax revenue and was only a plastic landfill (which is to say, not a compromise but a pure self interest play).
    - gremloni 5y ago
      There shouldn’t be any neighbors in the middle of nowhere.
- Chris2048 5y ago
  funny question: could we mix the nuclear waste with the plastic to make (the plastic) degrade faster?
  - politician 5y ago
    That's brilliant. I would love to learn if that could work and wouldn't just create a bunch of radioactive plastic.
    - Chris2048 5y ago
      Even if it did, if it ended up enriching the soil carbon-content, would it matter?