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The US has way too much space for incineration to become more cost-effective than just dumping it in a giant hole in the ground.
by WirelessGigabit 3y ago
The US has way too much space for incineration to become more cost-effective than just dumping it in a giant hole in the ground.
- ponector 3y agoCould be true for small cities. But try to find an empty space suitable for landfill near NYC.
- saalweachter 3y agoUp until 2001, it was inside NYC.
- mbiondi 3y agoAnd now they ship it down south to states who are happy to take it.
- eesmith 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobro_4000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobro_4000 > The Mobro 4000 was a barge owned by MOBRO Marine, Inc. made infamous in 1987 for hauling the same load of trash along the east coast of North America from New York City to Belize and back until a way was found to dispose of the garbage. ... > In 1987, the City of New York found that it had reached its landfill capacity. The city agreed to ship its garbage to Morehead City, North Carolina, where there were plans to convert it into methane.
- odiroot 3y agoTony Soprano might have an answer.
- Solvency 3y agoUntil you go to your local landfill and see the massive fuming hellscape spanning thousands of acres with mountains of garbage just laying there and mentally extrapolate how it will look even 10 more years from now.
- gruez 3y ago>and mentally extrapolate how it will look even 10 more years from now. I did some napkin math and concluded that it's a non-issue. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38407111 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38407111
- rascul 3y agoIt can look like this https://freshkillspark.org/ https://freshkillspark.org/
- SteveNuts 3y agoThus, solving the problem once and for all!
- astrange 3y agoMy local landfill is at the southern end of San Francisco Bay and there really isn't anything notable about it.
- justinator 3y agoThe landfill here in town has a sledding hill, swimming pool, jungle gym, and a skate park. It was in the hinterlands of the town, but the town grew fast.
- sanswork 3y agoThe largest landfill in the US was only 700acres after almost 60 years in operation supporting LA.
- tempusr 3y agoor ~1 square mile or ~3 square kilometers