Re:Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling
by TeMPOraL on Friday August 03, 2018 @01:24PM
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How many landfills are proper landfills, and not half-assed landfills, or just holes in the ground? Out of all those proper landfills, how many are properly maintained? Like everything, protection and drainage degrades with time.
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Re:Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling
by bluGill on Friday August 03, 2018 @01:56PM
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Are you asking about any first world country, or about random third world countries?
In rich countries the norm is all active landfills are properly maintained. There are a few bad apples that are caught once in a while, and a number of long abandoned landfills that cause problems, but for the most part a landfill in any first world country is not an environmental disaster.
In poor countries people just toss things wherever with no concern.