The Era of Easy Recycling May Be Coming to an End

Re:The Era of Easy Recycling May Be Coming to an End by brownbat on Saturday January 12, 2019 @10:52PM (#18894947)

Is your worry that we'll convert every inch to landfill?

Rest assured, at the rate we create landfills, the tectonic plates will push our landfills below the surface of the Earth and create new untouched landmasses before we run out of space.

There are unintuitive results in this domain. Highly recommend you check out some of the lit, like Hocking mentioned above.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The Era of Easy Recycling May Be Coming to an End by manicdee on Sunday January 13, 2019 @06:07PM (#18899298)

Have a talk to any marine biologist about how effective landfill is as a means of disposal. Single use plastics are a hair behind AGW when it comes to existential threats to humanity as a whole.

We’ll poison the oceans long before landfill becomes an issue.

[ Parent | on HN ]