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Where do you think your trash goes?
by buro9 3y ago
Where do you think your trash goes?
- tnmom 3y agoI really doubt the municipal trash service dumps it in the river.
- foobarian 3y agoYeah they burn it :cry-blood:
- buro9 3y agoExactly this. Waste incineration to create electricity, and also (according to those companies) to reduce emissions from landfills, and the need for land for waste. Even if you think it's going to landfill, a lot is not. And when it's burned, plastics are released into the environment, if not immediately then over shorter time than if they were left intact and buried.
- datadrivenangel 3y agoAppropriate incineration should have exhaust controls that minimize the amount of particulate emissions, including residual plastics.
- buro9 3y agoAgree, but now you have microplastic particulates to dispose of, and containing these long term is a far harder problem than containing the original larger plastics.
- ars 3y agoWhy :cry-blood:? Burning waste is by far the best way to dispose of trash. Like the next best option is not even close. It's best in every single possible way, except for one: Emotional people who don't realize it's the best way.
- margalabargala 3y agoIt goes to the landfill 10 miles from my house. And there it stays. Recycling, who knows. But trash, I know exactly where it goes.