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Re:What Happens Now That China Won't Take U.S. Recycling by skept on Saturday March 09, 2019 @11:28AM (#19346860)
For (2) the tax should also be based on the biodegradability of the materials.
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Re:What Happens Now That China Won't Take U.S. Recycling by dylan604 on Saturday March 09, 2019 @11:47AM (#19346980)
biodegradability of individual items is less of an impact when the majority of trash is disposed in non-degrading plastic trash bags.
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Re:What Happens Now That China Won't Take U.S. Recycling by erichurkman on Saturday March 09, 2019 @11:58AM (#19347061)
Would mechanically shredding trash before being dumped help?
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Re:What Happens Now That China Won't Take U.S. Recycling by pfdietz on Saturday March 09, 2019 @12:20PM (#19347200)
Also moistening the trash before burial, I think.

The gases produce need to be captured and burned, though. All that methane. Interestingly, they also need to be decontaminated of traces of silicon-containing compounds, which can muck up turbines in which they're burned.

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Re:What Happens Now That China Won't Take U.S. Recycling by Pinckney on Saturday March 09, 2019 @12:53PM (#19347398)
Won't this lead to a lot of lightweight material (particularly bits of the bags themselves) blowing off the landfill surface before they can be buried?
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