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> And anything that goes into the landfill does not get into the ocean. That's just not true. All plastic eventually ends up in the ocean. The "it's all decomp
by wildmanx 4y ago
> And anything that goes into the landfill does not get into the ocean.
That's just not true. All plastic eventually ends up in the ocean. The "it's all decomposed in 50 years" is a myth.
There was a pretty convincing article about all of that here on HN a while back.
- mike_d 4y agoHow would a plastic straw in a sealed landfill in Kansas ever make it to the ocean? Have you ever been to a modern landfill? Plastics are not evil creatures that grow legs and night and burrow out looking for the closest body of water.
- quietbritishjim 4y agoWhat would 50 years matter? Fossils are found in ground that are 10s of millions of years old. (I suspect the time until a landfill is disturbed is likely to be somewhere between those two extremes, but who knows.)