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I saw a funny, but also sad, bit by a comedian once. I wish I could remember his name. "Everything you've ever owned is still out there," he said. "Remember
by nostromo 13y ago
I saw a funny, but also sad, bit by a comedian once. I wish I could remember his name.
"Everything you've ever owned is still out there," he said. "Remember those rollerblades you used once in 1994? Those still exist. Except maybe in little pieces. Maybe in the ocean."
Maybe in 20 years someone will dig up a few of those millions of plastic Guitar Hero guitars that are now wasting away in landfills for a documentary.
- mdanger007 13y agoThat would be the great Bill Burr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vJty38k7n4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vJty38k7n4
- ezequiel-garzon 13y agoThanks for pointing to the hilarious source!
- marvin 13y agoThis isn't always the case. In Norway, for example, landfills are rare and most non-recyclable trash is incinerated to provide heat. So if you put something in the garbage here, odds are it'll be turned into carbon dioxide by next week.
- grecy 13y agoI look forward to the day humans are forced to mine landfills to get previous goods. It will be amazing when the cheapest (maybe only?) way to get <raw material> is to recycle old discarded stuff.
- joezydeco 13y agoI always thought we would have swarms of nanobots that chewed on the landfills for a decade or so and sorted the mess into tidy piles of pure elements.
- dllthomas 13y agoYeah, I've been wondering if mineral rights in landfills would make sense as an investment. It's an interesting collection of stuff-humans-once-had-use-for, and as recycling tech improves...
- ars 13y agoFor some elements maybe. Iron, glass, paper and plastic will never run out though. And we already recycle lots of metals. You would probably like this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_gasification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_gasification That's how you recycle bulk garbage, but it's expensive in terms of energy, so we have to solve that first.
- jzwinck 13y agoYou need not wait, the future is here today, in Brazil and elsewhere: http://www.wastelandmovie.com/ http://www.wastelandmovie.com/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_picker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_picker