South Korea now recycles 95% of its food waste

Re:South Korea now recycles 95% of its food waste by jdietrich on Sunday April 14, 2019 @07:59AM (#19658874)

But we don't currently live in a world that's powered by renewable energy, we live in a world where the vast majority of energy is generated from fossil sources. Making that transition will require decades, billions in investment and a lot of challenging trade-offs.

Here in the real world of 2019, energy is the dominant factor. If we need to dig up landfills to recover materials in 2100, so be it - right now, we have a ticking clock to mitigate the worst effects of the impending climate crisis. We simply cannot afford to waste time on wishful thinking and idealism, we need to cut our carbon emissions hard and fast.

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Re:South Korea now recycles 95% of its food waste by benj111 on Sunday April 14, 2019 @08:20AM (#19658961)

"If we need to dig up landfills to recover materials in 2100, so be it"

You were talking about burning plastic bottles a minute ago???

Agreed we need to minimise energy usage and move away from fossil fuels as quickly as possible, plastic usage risks creating a market for fossil fuels, where petrol/gas become cheap byproducts, so it isn't a straight forward trade off.

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