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I'm on Mobile but there is a documentary that shows Japan "burns" it's garbage and uses it as an ocean landfill to acquire more land. At least in the videos I'v
by hypercube33 3y ago
I'm on Mobile but there is a documentary that shows Japan "burns" it's garbage and uses it as an ocean landfill to acquire more land. At least in the videos I've seen they don't incinerate it hot enough to burn plastic and there was visible plastic (bags) in the fill.
Also we (USA) detonated a bunch of nukes in the ocean already and I really wonder if that has already done far more eco damage than their proposed contaminated water dump on the flip side of coin since as mentioned the half life is short and it's supposed to be low quantities per water volume to start with.
- ksaj 3y agoI think that happens everywhere. For example, Toronto, from Front Street (aptly named, since it was the waterfront once upon a time) to the actual waterfront, complete with all its skyrises and highways, is 100% landfill underneath. I'm guessing we've done it right though, because we haven't had random garbage "sprouting" as often happens in places that used to be literal dumps. There are old maps that show how the waterfront grew over the years to where it is now. Very interesting to look at.