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> I'm also not particularly against landfills, which are in a sense merely a form of carbon and pollutant sequestration I personally think that landfills are u
by Aunche 5y ago
> I'm also not particularly against landfills, which are in a sense merely a form of carbon and pollutant sequestration
I personally think that landfills are underrated, but is this true? Landfills produce a lot of methane, which is a more potent greenhouse gas.
- marcosdumay 5y agoProper landfill management includes capturing and burning that gas, that gets trapped there and is toxic if you let the pressure build up enough for it to escape.
- aperson_hello 5y agoAnd even better management is burning that for productive purposes (like running the garbage trucks)!
- diebeforei485 5y agoThe methane largely comes from organic waste. A good chunk of this organic waste can instead be composted. The main benefit of composting, as I see it, isn't to enrich the soil of whatever, but to prevent greenhouse gas emissions from landfill.