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Re:Why Isn't Landfill Mining More Popular? by avion23 on Friday November 24, 2023 @02:32PM (#38407312)
this non-issue happened in a modern landfill near my hometown.

They just used a different grade of material and pocketed the difference.

The chemicals area leaching now into the groundwater. Any researchers reporting on that are sued. Even police is used for intimidation.

Country is Germany.

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Re:Why Isn't Landfill Mining More Popular? by lapphi on Friday November 24, 2023 @05:17PM (#38408995)
I think many of us get so used to modeling problems in closed systems that we have a blind spot about human behavior irl.
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Re:Why Isn't Landfill Mining More Popular? by dmos62 on Friday November 24, 2023 @06:51PM (#38409691)
I'm continually surprised by blatant corruption in first world countries. It's like I expect privilege to translate into integrity.
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Re:Why Isn't Landfill Mining More Popular? by kappuchino on Saturday November 25, 2023 @02:53AM (#38412014)
Can you elaborate which town and landfill?
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