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Seems like this is missing "support regulation to make landfills secure against leaks." We shouldn't just accept that they're going to leak.
by skybrian 3y ago
Seems like this is missing "support regulation to make landfills secure against leaks." We shouldn't just accept that they're going to leak.
- tokai 3y agoJust stop using landfills all together. Burn it, scrub the exhaust, and enjoy the cheap electricity.
- 542458 3y agoI don’t think it’s highly realistic to leakproof something as large as a landfill - we can’t even consistently leakproof house foundations, and those are smaller, easier to inspect, and higher budget. And that’s for new landfills, I don’t think there’s any way to retrofit every existing landfill to prevent leaks.
- londons_explore 3y agoLandfills will always leak. Sure, we can try to line them with multiple plastic barriers, but the reality is that these barriers will get holes and tears in them and let contaminated water out. Sure, we can detect that and dig out the whole landfill into a new landfill whenever the liner fails, but at some point into the future there will be no money to do that. Instead, we should aim to not put contaminated stuff into the landfill in the first place. Which in turn means don't sell toxic stuff to consumers.
- skybrian 3y agoThis seems rather defeatist. We are trying to do near-impossible things like getting rid of carbon emissions everywhere and we can't fix landfills?