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Landfilling plastics avoids even putting CO2 back into the environment. Modern landfill is highly engineered and extremely stable: what goes in there stays the
by XorNot 2y ago
Landfilling plastics avoids even putting CO2 back into the environment.
Modern landfill is highly engineered and extremely stable: what goes in there stays there.
Plastic starts as oil in the ground. Replacing it as solids in the ground isn't a problem.
- ainiriand 2y agoThat was always my impression, and after that you can always build a park on top!
- djentile 2y agoAmong other problems, plastics release methane and c02 as they decompose in landfills, so it's not as cut and dried a solution as you imply.
- xnx 2y agoModern landfills carefully channel and burn off the methane