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Re:Caterpillar found to eat shopping bags, suggesting soluti... by douche on Monday April 24, 2017 @02:33PM (#14186768)
My problem with landfills is that it's so inefficient. Particularly for things like wood waste or construction demolition, it makes a lot more sense to grind it, burn it, and make power from it, then bury the much smaller amount of ash that is left over.
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Re:Caterpillar found to eat shopping bags, suggesting soluti... by fpgaminer on Monday April 24, 2017 @03:18PM (#14187193)
It's better for the environment to bury wood unburnt. Burning it will release carbon back into the atmosphere. Burying the tree will re-sequester the carbon.

As for grinding it, that's a question of whether the space saved by grinding up the wood is worth it versus just digging/finding a bigger hole.

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Re:Caterpillar found to eat shopping bags, suggesting soluti... by lucaspiller on Monday April 24, 2017 @04:47PM (#14188150)
It's probably better to turn it into charcoal first otherwise gasses like methane will eventually seep out. If you use these gases to fuel the carbonisation, then it will be CO2 neutral.
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