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Article states this is “plastic that otherwise would be dumped in the city’s overflowing garbage heaps.” Environmental impact of these plastics should be weigh
by chuckledog 4y ago
Article states this is “plastic that otherwise would be dumped in the city’s overflowing garbage heaps.” Environmental impact of these plastics should be weighed relative to the impact of those same plastics sitting in said garbage heaps. It’s likely safer sequestered in a processed brick optimized for durability than it would be rapidly degrading from e.g. thin plastic bag material into microplastics leaching into the soils and water tables around the dump.
- Retric 4y agoThe environmental impact of garbage in dumps is extremely low, by spreading these bricks over a much larger area they would probably become a significantly larger environmental issue. Dumps in operation look disgusting, but long term they end up looking like a regular hill and can avoid contamination of the local water supply etc: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Trashmore_Park#/media/File:Mt_Trashmore.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Trashmore_Park#/media/Fi...