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So how did we end up with places like Fresh Kills in New York? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh_Kills_Landfill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh_Kills_Lan

• mwint 5y ago
  I didn’t claim landfills don’t exist, nor that there is unlimited room in populated areas. I claim that there is essentially unlimited room if you’re willing to travel a few hundred miles, at least in the states. Trucking trash is pretty cheap - think about how cheap it is to transport retail goods across the country. Now think about the cost savings from not caring about the condition of the “product” on arrival. And anyway, it’s gotta be cheaper than sending waste to China, like we used to do.