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> eventually will leak lovely chemicals into groundwater Far better to transform them into even worse chemicals through exothermic reactions and send them invi
by bregma 3y ago
> eventually will leak lovely chemicals into groundwater
Far better to transform them into even worse chemicals through exothermic reactions and send them invisibly through the air to all your neighbours.
- Gud 3y agoIs this really what happens? My home country Sweden does the same thing, burning garbage, if that was really the case I doubt it would be allowed.
- anonymouskimmer 3y agoIt depends on the temperature they burn at. You need pretty high heats to combust dioxins, for example, and from some very light skimming of the USA's standards I think you also need various filters and scrubbers for heavy metals (especially mercury which will boil away at these temperatures). This stuff can be done, but it's expensive. I also don't know how close to 100% it gets even if everything is done properly. And of course to fully remediate this all of the equipment has to be operating properly.