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I'd be happy if we just put recyclable materials in their own corner of the landfills marked "TODO"

userbinator 2y ago
Everything is recyclable. What do you think oil and coal come from...?
metalman 2y ago
not bad, not bad at all, except for the whoh!man! that a bit too real, but it is actualy implimentable on a very short time frame and exceptionaly low budget, so I will be including that (your?) idea, into my own ,not infrequent rants
bastawhiz 2y ago
Unfortunately it seems that in many places, that's pretty much what they're doing instead of doing any actual recycling. If you collect more than you're capable of processing, you inevitably just end up with an ever growing TO-DO pile. The sad thing is, if you pretend to recycle instead of actually recycling, you're just a landfill operator. And landfills can be run profitably.
- AtlasBarfed 2y ago
  Isn't the entire landfill really a huge TODO anyway? "We'll let some magic future AI figure this out. Meanwhile, we'll put dirt on it"
  - mkoubaa 2y ago
    Not all TODOs are created equal. Example: //TODO: Collisions are too common here. Implement a custom hashing function to improve the performance of this algorithm //TODO: This class is 60k lines and has no tests. Replace it
giarc 2y ago
In my city, there is a GIANT pile of glass sitting on a slab near a landfill. The commodity price of glass is so low it's not worth selling, so they just store it in hopes of maybe one day selling it. I doubt that will happen and I suspect it's just been put into the landfill by now.
- adrianN 2y ago
  Glass recycling generally makes little sense because the raw materials are abundant and recycling glass takes a lot of energy.
  - unwind 2y ago
    In Sweden, where the main glass recycler claims we're world-leading glass recyclers, the claim is that recycling saves 20% of the energy. That is not nothing ...
    - adrianN 2y ago
      20% Energy savings probably have a hard time paying for the wages and the infrastructure needed.
  - mkoubaa 2y ago
    If you price externalities it can make more sense
  - BizarroLand 2y ago
    Alabama had a glass recycling option and people were proud of it. Turns out they were just burning the glass. https://www.al.com/breaking/2010/05/huntsville_residents_your_recy.html https://www.al.com/breaking/2010/05/huntsville_residents_you...
crawftv 2y ago
The glass recycling in my area is hauling my glass to a container and it gets turned into fiberglass.

Everything is recyclable. What do you think oil and coal come from...?

not bad, not bad at all, except for the whoh!man! that a bit too real, but it is actualy implimentable on a very short time frame and exceptionaly low budget, so I will be including that (your?) idea, into my own ,not infrequent rants

bastawhiz 2y ago

Unfortunately it seems that in many places, that's pretty much what they're doing instead of doing any actual recycling. If you collect more than you're capable of processing, you inevitably just end up with an ever growing TO-DO pile. The sad thing is, if you pretend to recycle instead of actually recycling, you're just a landfill operator. And landfills can be run profitably.

AtlasBarfed 2y ago
Isn't the entire landfill really a huge TODO anyway? "We'll let some magic future AI figure this out. Meanwhile, we'll put dirt on it"
- mkoubaa 2y ago
  Not all TODOs are created equal. Example: //TODO: Collisions are too common here. Implement a custom hashing function to improve the performance of this algorithm //TODO: This class is 60k lines and has no tests. Replace it

giarc 2y ago

In my city, there is a GIANT pile of glass sitting on a slab near a landfill. The commodity price of glass is so low it's not worth selling, so they just store it in hopes of maybe one day selling it. I doubt that will happen and I suspect it's just been put into the landfill by now.

adrianN 2y ago
Glass recycling generally makes little sense because the raw materials are abundant and recycling glass takes a lot of energy.
- unwind 2y ago
  In Sweden, where the main glass recycler claims we're world-leading glass recyclers, the claim is that recycling saves 20% of the energy. That is not nothing ...
  - adrianN 2y ago
    20% Energy savings probably have a hard time paying for the wages and the infrastructure needed.
- mkoubaa 2y ago
  If you price externalities it can make more sense
- BizarroLand 2y ago
  Alabama had a glass recycling option and people were proud of it. Turns out they were just burning the glass. https://www.al.com/breaking/2010/05/huntsville_residents_your_recy.html https://www.al.com/breaking/2010/05/huntsville_residents_you...

crawftv 2y ago

The glass recycling in my area is hauling my glass to a container and it gets turned into fiberglass.