A million times yes. If you gather all your garbage, especially plastic garbage, and burn it, recovering heat and energy, you can offset a lot of oil- and gas-

A million times yes. If you gather all your garbage, especially plastic garbage, and burn it, recovering heat and energy, you can offset a lot of oil- and gas-powered electricity generation. As an aside, it doesn't matter how many plastic straws and plastic bags you make, as long as you burn them after use. Landfills also emit greenhouse gases, uncontrolled, over a long period of time, so it's not so much of a trade-off as you think it is. Since 1990, Sweden has cut greenhouse gas emissions from trash to one fourth of what it was, and that's by moving from landfills to trash incineration: https://www.naturvardsverket.se/data-och-statistik/klimat/vaxthusgaser-utslapp-fran-avfall/ https://www.naturvardsverket.se/data-och-statistik/klimat/va... (Blue is greenhouse gases from landfills, dark blue is emissions from trash incinerators.)