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Re:U.S. generates more plastic trash than any other nation, ... by Causality1 on Monday August 02, 2021 @05:59PM (#28043239)
I don't know why you decided someone saying the US has plenty of junk land must be talking about your home. I was referring to dry salt flats, abandoned strip mines, and the like. The vast amounts of space under major cities would also make good landfill volume.
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Re:U.S. generates more plastic trash than any other nation, ... by madaxe_again on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @01:41AM (#28046016)
Because the entire idea that land can be junk leads to a rapid broadening of the definition of junk. Your NIMBY attitude of “out of sight, out of mind” is exactly how we ended up in this mess in the first place.
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