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Re:Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling by viraptor on Friday August 03, 2018 @08:27AM (#17679260)
> Compostable will produce methane etc., especially in your back yard.

Is that a bad thing for a small garden compost pile? I understand it's dangerous on a large industrial scale.

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Re:Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling by JoeAltmaier on Friday August 03, 2018 @08:28AM (#17679270)
Methane is around 100X worse as a greenhouse gas than CO2. So even a little, is a lot.
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