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First, I agree about methane source is organic matter, not plastics. I think OP would agree. > it seems like landfills are far-and-away the best way to go

by throwaway2037 2y ago

First, I agree about methane source is organic matter, not plastics. I think OP would agree. > it seems like landfills are far-and-away the best way to go until we are able to grapple with climate change. If this is true, why do so many different, highly developed nations use garbage incineration for large parts of their waste?

Retric 2y ago
Money. Landfills aren’t cheap to operate and burning also reduces transportation costs. Incineration ends up being quite profitable in isolation. Take stuff worth negative X$ per ton and turn it into a smaller pile of stuff still worth negative X$ per ton. Generating power is a useful side effect, but not the main reason.