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Re:Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of... by TylerE on Thursday May 19, 2022 @12:43AM (#31430870)
Landfills were demonized for a long time because they were easy targets.
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Re:Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of... by formerly_proven on Thursday May 19, 2022 @01:49AM (#31431214)
It's usually just disguised NIMBY-ism :)
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Re:Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of... by bigfudge on Thursday May 19, 2022 @04:27AM (#31432091)
The thing about nimbyism in this case is that confortable commentators on hackernews are vanishingly unlikely ever to have to live near one. This is a poor people problem.
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Re:Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of... by astrange on Thursday May 19, 2022 @04:50AM (#31432224)
There’s a famous landfill right in Silicon Valley though; it’s caused Milpitas to smell like rotten eggs for the last 20 years.

https://sf.curbed.com/2019/3/19/18273029/milpitas-odor-studi...

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