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Please remind me why landfills are so bad again.

• ZeroGravitas 3y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landfill#Social_and_environmental_impact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landfill#Social_and_environmen...
  • amanaplanacanal 3y ago
    Most of those problems don’t apply to plastic waste.
    • ZeroGravitas 3y ago
      I believe all of them do, which ones were you thinking don't? It seems common to falsely believe that burying plastic in landfills has less greenhouse gas emissions than recycling it, so I'll assume that's what you are referring to. > The existing literature on LCA of plastic waste management is vast and the results reported are generally consistent, showing that recycling generates the lowest GWP and TEU environmental impacts. LCA: lifecycle analysis GWP: global warming potential TEU: Total Energy Use https://watermark.silverchair.com/140001_1_online.pdf https://watermark.silverchair.com/140001_1_online.pdf